2. (Zoˆl.) Wandering.

Pel"e*can (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Pelican.

||Pel`e*can`i*for"mes (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pelican, and -form.] (Zoˆl.)

||Those birds that are related to the pelican; the Totipalmi.

Pel"e*coid (?), n. [Gr. &?; a hatchet + -oid.] (Geom.) A figure,

somewhat hatched-shaped, bounded by a semicircle and two inverted

quadrants, and equal in area to the square ABCD inclosed by the chords

of the four quadrants. [Written also pelicoid.] Math. Dict.

||Pel`e*cyp"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a hatchet + -poda.]

||(Zoˆl.) Same as Lamellibranchia.

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