πελεκῖνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root of πελεκᾶς (pelekâs, kind of woodpecker), πελεκανός (pelekanós, coot) and πελεκάν (pelekán, pelican), presumably of shape *pilik-.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πελεκῖνος • (pelekînos) m (genitive πελεκῑ́νου); second declension

  1. pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    Synonyms: ὀνοκρότᾰλος (onokrótalos), πελεκᾰ́ν (pelekán)
  2. crownvetch (Securigera varia)
  3. dovetail, culvertail

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