pelecaniform seabird

Noun
  1. Large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet (synset 102054128)
    is a type of: sea bird, seabird, seafowl - a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.
    subtypes:
    • pelican - large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish
    • frigate bird, man-of-war bird - long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail
    • gannet - large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish
    • cormorant, phalacrocorax carbo - large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish
    • anhinga, darter, snakebird - fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill
    • boatswain bird, tropic bird, tropicbird - mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land

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