flamingo Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes

WordNet

Fla*min"go noun
Etymology
Sp. flamenco, cf. Pg. flamingo, Prov. flammant, F. flamant; prop. a p.pr. meaning flaming. So called in allusion to its color. See Flame.
Wordforms
plural Flamingoes
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913