Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Flamingo"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.] (Zo["o]l.)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flamingo
n : large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent
bill; inhabits brackish lakes
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