pelican

C17839
concept

A pelican is a large waterbird characterized by its long bill and distinctive throat pouch, which it uses to scoop up fish and drain water before swallowing its prey.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
pelican canonical 3

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: pelican
Generated description
A pelican is a large waterbird characterized by its long bill and distinctive throat pouch, which it uses to scoop up fish and drain water before swallowing its prey.

Instances (3)

Instance Via concept surface
spot-billed pelican
American white pelican
Australian pelican