Flamingoes

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flamingo \Fla*min"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}.] (Zool.)
     Any bird of the genus {Ph[oe]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}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flamingo
       n : large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent
           bill; inhabits brackish lakes
       [also: {flamingoes} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flamingoes
       See {flamingo}