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fla·min·go

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–noun, plural -gos, -goes.

any of several aquatic birds of the family Phoenicopteridae, having very long legs and neck, webbed feet, a bill bent downward at the tip, and pinkish to scarlet plumage.

[Origin: 1555–65; cf. Pg. flamengo, Sp flamenco lit., Fleming (cf. flamenco); appar. orig. a jocular name, from the conventional Romance image of the Flemish as ruddy-complexioned

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fla·min·go Audio Help (flə-mĭng'gō) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. fla·min·gos or fla·min·goes

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.
A moderate reddish orange.

[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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flamingo

1565, from Port. flamengo, Sp. flamengo, lit. "flame-colored" (cf Gk. phoinikopteros "flamingo," lit. "red-feathered"), from Prov. flamenc, from flama "flame" + Gmc. suffix -enc "-ing, belonging to."

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flamingo
noun
large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes

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flamingo [fləˈmiŋgəu] noun — plural flaˈmingo(e)s

a type of long-legged wading bird, pink or bright red in colour

Arabic:	طائِر الفلامنكو
Chinese (Simplified):	火烈鸟
Chinese (Traditional):	火烈鳥
Czech:	plameňák
Danish:	flamingo
Dutch:	flamingo
Estonian:	flamingo
Finnish:	flamingo
French:	flamant
German:	der Flamingo
Greek:	φλαμίγκο
Hungarian:	flamingó
Icelandic:	flamingói, flæmingi
Indonesian:	flamingo
Italian:	flamingo

Japanese:	フラミンゴ
Latvian:	flamings
Lithuanian:	flamingas
Norwegian:	flamingo
Polish:	flaming
Portuguese (Brazil):	flamingo
Portuguese (Portugal):	flamingo
Romanian:	flamingo
Russian:	фламинго
Slovak:	plameniak
Slovenian:	plamenec
Spanish:	flamenco
Swedish:	flamingo
Turkish:	flamingo

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Flamingo

Flame\ (fl[=a]m), n. [OE. flame, flaume, flaumbe, OF. flame, flambe, F. flamme, fr. L. flamma, fr. flamma, fr. flagrare to burn. See Flagrant, and cf. Flamneau, Flamingo.]

1. A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.

2. Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm; glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger. "In a flame of zeal severe." --Milton.

Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow. --Pope.

Smit with the love of sister arts we came, And met congenial, mingling flame with flame. --Pope.

3. Ardor of affection; the passion of love. --Coleridge.

4. A person beloved; a sweetheart. --Thackeray.

Syn: Blaze; brightness; ardor. See Blaze.

Flame bridge, a bridge wall. See Bridge, n., 5.

Flame color, brilliant orange or yellow. --B. Jonson.

Flame engine, an early name for the gas engine.

Flame manometer, an instrument, invented by Koenig, to obtain graphic representation of the action of the human vocal organs. See Manometer.

Flame reaction (Chem.), a method of testing for the presence of certain elements by the characteristic color imparted to a flame; as, sodium colors a flame yellow, potassium violet, lithium crimson, boracic acid green, etc. Cf. Spectrum analysis, under Spectrum.

Flame tree (Bot.), a tree with showy scarlet flowers, as the Rhododendron arboreum in India, and the Brachychiton acerifolium of Australia.

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