pelican
英 ['pelɪk(ə)n]
美 ['pɛlɪkən]
語源
ペリカンギリシャ語のpelekan「ペリカン」から。語源はpelekas「キツツキ」で、pelekys「斧」と同じ。
英語の語源
- pelican
- pelican: [OE] Pelican comes via Latin pelicānus from Greek pelekán. This is generally thought to have been derived from pélekus ‘axe’, in allusion to the shape of the pelican’s beak.
- pelican (n.)
- Old English pellicane, from Late Latin pelecanus, from Greek pelekan "pelican" (so used by Aristotle), apparently related to pelekas "woodpecker" and pelekys "ax," perhaps so called from the shape of the bird's bill. Spelling influenced in Middle English by Old French pelican. Used in Septuagint to translate Hebrew qaath. The fancy that it feeds its young on its own blood is an Egyptian tradition properly belonging to some other bird. Louisiana has been known as the Pelican state at least since 1859.
例文
- 1. A NEW SPECIES OF GENUS CONTRACAECUM（ORINTOCAECUM）FROM EUROPEAN WHITE PELICAN （ASCARIDATA：ANISAKIDAE）
- ペリカンに寄生する対盲目嚢胞線虫の新種（回亜目：異尖科）
＜dl>＜dt＞2.An Anhinga-a
pelican relative-stretches its wings to dry its feathers.
1羽のアメリカヘビ鳥であるタペストリーの一種である羽を広げて羽を乾かす。- 3.There is a further mirroring of the White Swan and Pelican stages.
- 白鳥とペリカンの階段にさらなる真実が反映されている。
- 4.The Pelican Feeding Officers present an educational talk while feeding the pelicans.
- ペリカンに餌をやっている従業員がペリカンに餌をやりながら教育課をしている。
- 5.This funny pouch helps the pelican to trap fish.
- この面白い空洞はペリカンが魚を捕まえるのを助けることができる。
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