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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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