A finial is a fancy bolt that attaches to the top of the harp, holding the spider lamp shade in place. Finials are the last piece attached to the top of the lamp and the spider lamp shade. Finials add a decorative finishing touch to spider lamp shades.
Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that makes up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterised by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped up contents before swallowing. They have predominantly pale plumage, the exceptions being the brown and Peruvian pelicans.
The noun PELICAN has 1 sense: 1. large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish. Familiarity information: PELICAN used as a noun is very rare.arge long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish. Classified under: Nouns denoting animals. Hypernyms (pelican is a kind of...): pelecaniform seabird (large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet).