Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several large wading birds of the family Phoenicopteridae, primarily of tropical regions, having reddish or pinkish plumage, long legs, a long flexible neck, and a bill turned downward at the tip.
- noun A moderate reddish orange.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any bird of the family Phænicopteridæ: so called from the red or flaming color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any bird of the genus Phœnicopterus. 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 isP. antiquorum .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
wading bird of the familyPhoenicopteridae . - noun A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
- adjective Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Inside the greehouse you still notice that the flamingo is sleeping.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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Now I am NOT sure, but I think I might have been looking at something like this at the Goodwill but in flamingo pink.
Flamingo (Pink) Hunting p_n_elrod 2008
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The flamingo is a very tall bird, taller than a man when standing up.
The Wonders of the Jungle Book One Sarath Kumar Ghosh
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The nest of the flamingo is a curious affair; usually built in a marshy, muddy place, in the form of a mound.
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Among the most graceful of the water-fowl of the world is the flamingo, which is to be seen on every bend of the Morona, strutting gracefully in the shallows of the semi-stagnant arms of the river which drains the marshes.
Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923
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Zoologically, the flamingo is the most odd and interesting bird on the
Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895
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One of the most magnificent birds is the American flamingo, which is of a more beautiful and intense scarlet than that of Europe, and fully as tall; another bird, the wood-ibis, has the same form as the glossy ibis of southern
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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What most players did when slap shots came their way was assume a position called the flamingo: stand on one leg and raise the other so a shot could zip past.
NYT > Home Page By DAVE CALDWELL 2012
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God made a mess, remember, when he did the flamingo, which is an idiotic bird with legs that are far too long.
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God made a mess, remember, when he did the flamingo, which is an idiotic bird with legs that are far too long.
chained_bear commented on the word flamingo
Interesting (?) citation on mallet.
January 9, 2009