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1. (n.) flamingo
any of several wading birds comprising the family Phoenicopteridae, having webbed feet, a bill bent downward at the tip, and pinkish to scarlet plumage.
Etymology: (1555–65; cf. Pg. flamengo, Sp flamenco lit., Fleming1 (cf. flamenco ); appar. orig. a jocular name, from the conventional Romance image of the Flemish as ruddy-complexioned)
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1. (noun) flamingo
large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes
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1. (noun) flamingo
any bird of the genus Phoenicopterus. The flamingoes have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is P. ruber; the European is P. antiquorum
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Sense: a type of long-legged wading bird, pink or bright red in colour.
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 Afrikaans: flamink |
 Arabic: طائِر الفلامنكو |
 Bulgarian: фламинго |
 Brazilian: flamingo |
 Czech: plameňák |
 German: der Flamingo |
 Danish: flamingo |
 Greek: φλαμίγκο |
 Spanish: flamenco |
 Estonian: flamingo |
 Farsi: فلامینگو |
 Finnish: flamingo |
 French: flamant |
 Hebrew: פְלָמִינגוֹ |
 Croatian: flamingo, plamenac |
 Hungarian: flamingó |
 Indonesian: flamingo |
 Icelandic: flamingói, flæmingi |
 Italian: flamingo |
 Japanese: フラミンゴ |
 Korean: 플라밍고 |
 Lithuanian: flamingas |
 Latvian: flamings |
 Malay: flamingo |
 Dutch: flamingo |
 Norwegian: flamingo |
 Polish: flaming |
 Persian: فلامینگو |
 Pashto: غزى، ډينګ |
 Portuguese: flamingo |
 Romanian: flamingo |
 Russian: фламинго |
 Slovak: plameniak |
 Slovenian: plamenec |
 Serbian: flamingo |
 Swedish: flamingo |
 Thai: นกฟลามิงโก นกสีชมพูขายาวข |
 Turkish: flamingo |
 Taiwanese: 火烈鳥，紅鶴 |
 Ukrainian: фламінго |
 Urdu: لمبی ٹانگوں، لمبی گردن او |
 Vietnamese: chim hồng hạc |
 Chinese: 火烈鸟，红鹳 |
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