flamingo : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: flamingo	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for flamingo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flamingo n large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flamingo \Flamin"go\, n.; pl. {Flamingoes}. [Sp. flamenco, cf. Pg. flamingo, Prov. flammant, F. flamant; prop. a p. pr. meaning flaming. So called in allusion to its color. See {Flame}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any bird of the genus {Ph[d2]nicopterus}. 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}.