Lexical Definition

‎שָׁלָךְ‎ shâlâk (shaw-lawk') cormorant ^H:N-M
from ‎שָׁלַךְ‎

cormorant.

• bird of prey, usually thought to be the pelican (from casting itself into the sea)

1) bird of prey
1a) probably the cormorant

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׁלָךְ‎ noun [masculine] bird of prey, probably cormorant (as hurling itself from above; — compare Thes¹⁴¹⁹ Di^Lv Tristr^{NHB 252} McLean-Shipley^{Ency.Bib.CORMORANT}); — Deut 14:17; Lev 11:17 (P).

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