flamingo

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"He is red as a flamingo, and a fool into the bargain; but he has shoulders like an ox, so the women want him.

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  1. noun Any of several large gregarious wading birds of the family Phoenicopteridae of tropical regions, having reddish or pinkish plumage, long legs, a long flexible neck, and a bill turned downward at the tip.
  2. noun A moderate reddish orange.

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  • It was a hot pink flamingo, and one wing was hanging precariously by a thin metal wire. —  Garwood, Julie - Mercy
  • Caiman and flamingo are the most common wildlife seen today. —  US_Homepage_Featured_Stories
  • PAUL - Harriet the flamingo, a crowd favorite at Como Zoo for 39 years and medical celebrity for her long battle with cancer, has died.
  • PAUL � Harriet the flamingo, a crowd favorite at Como Zoo for 39 years and medical celebrity for her long battle with cancer, has died.
  • Como Zoo is home to two of five species of flamingo, the Chilean and the Caribbean. —  City Pages - Balls! Sports Blog
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  1. Portuguese flamengo or Spanish flamenco, both probably from Old Provençal flamenc, from flama, flame, from Latin flamma; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = D. G. Danish Swedish flamingo, from Portuguese flamingo, formerly flamengo = Spanish flamenco, a flamingo, an accommodation, simulating Portuguese Flamengo, Spanish Flamenco, a Fleming, in F. Flamand (see Fleming), of Provencal flammant, flambant, Old French flaman, also flambant, French flamant, a flamingo, literally flaming, blazing, in allusion to its scarlet plumage; present participle of Provencal flamar = Old French flamer, etc., flame, blaze: see flame, v.
 

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