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 WordNet Dictionary |  
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|   | Definition: |   | [n]  pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants   |  
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|   | Synonyms: |   | order Pelecaniformes |  
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|   | See Also: |   | Anhingidae, animal order, Aves, class Aves, family Anhingidae, family Fregatidae, family Pelecanidae, family Phaethontidae, family Phalacrocoracidae, family Sulidae, Fregatidae, Pelecanidae, Phaethontidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Sulidae |       |  
 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  
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|   | Definition: |   | \Pel`e*can`i*for"mes\, n. pl. [NL. See {Pelican},
and {-form}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Those birds that are related to the pelican; the Totipalmi.
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