pelican - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • include: Most of these rocks and islets are inhabited by a variety of seabirds including pelicans and also the ubiquitous sea lions.
  • use: You may wish to cross the dual carriageway using the pelican crossing located on the right hand side of the two junctions.
  • see: See also pelican crossing; puffin crossing; toucan crossing; zebra crossing.
  • provide: The ' winners ' will receive help and advice from Transport 2000 to persuade the local authority to provide pelican and zebra crossings.
  • feed: Children will love feeding the pelican with the beautifully made plush sea creatures including a shrimp, octopus, crab and fish.
  • watch: I live 15 miles inland from the sea, but we watch pelicans diving into a small lake near my house.

Converse of subject

  • surmount: A grand impressive cover, surmounted by a gilded pelican, was designed by Dikes Bower.

Adjective modifier

  • Dalmatian: The population of the Dalmatian pelican is 10 % of the world total.
  • brown: There are over 500 birds on site, including a large nesting colony of injured brown pelicans.
  • white: From an airplane a half-mile above white pelican nesting grounds here, the giant birds are hard to miss.
  • new: Pedestrian Routes A new pelican crossing across the Parade is proposed opposite the main pedestrian entrance of the new Crystal Palace.
  • staggered: There is a staggered pelican crossing to get you across.
  • adjacent: Traffic signals incorporating the adjacent pelican crossing might help but a right turn ban would be sufficient.

Modifies a noun

  • crossing: Pelican crossings set to go back to red within a few seconds of going green.
  • book: The Reformation By Owen Chadwick Published by London, England: Pelican Books, 1964, .
  • rock: Pelican rock and boats and zodiac rides the sound of.
  • nest: Brown pelicans nest in the mangroves, and there are boobies & nine species of Darwin's finches.

Possessives

  • head: Cuthbert Scott 1556 - 1559 Argent, a chevron between three pelicans ' heads erased at the neck Sable.
  • beak: They often used a tool called the pelican, which looked a bit like a pelican's beak.

Preposition: of

  • wilderness: He had become like a pelican of the wilderness.

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