Defn: See Pelican.
PELECANIFORMES
Pel`e*can`i*for"mes, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Pelican, and -form.]
(Zoöl.)
Defn: Those birds that are related to the pelican; the Totipalmi.
PELECOID
Pel"e*coid, n. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Geom.)
Defn: 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.
PELECYPODA
Pel`e*cyp"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -poda.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Lamellibranchia.
PELEGRINE
Pel"e*grine, a.
Defn: See Peregrine. [Obs.]
PELERINE Pel"er*ine, n. Etym: [F. pèlerine a tippet, fr. pèlerin a pilgrim, fr. L. peregrinus foreign, alien. See Pilgrim.]