Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterized by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped-up contents before swallowing.
Listed in the unclean animals.
Leviticus 11:18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
Deuteronomy 14:17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
Used as an illustration of usefulness by the writer of Psalm.
Psalm 102:6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
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