"pelican crossing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pelican crossings [plural]
Etymology: Short for pedestrian light-controlled crossing. Head templates: {{en-noun}} pelican crossing (plural pelican crossings)
  1. (British) A pedestrian crossing with traffic-lights operated by pedestrians Wikipedia link: pelican crossing Tags: British Categories (topical): Roads Hyponyms: toucan crossing Translations (type of pedestrian crossing): valo-ohjattu suojatie (Finnish), trasrian peileacánach [masculine] (Irish), trasrian túcánach [masculine] (Irish), bevakat övergångsställe (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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