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fla⋅min⋅go

  [fluh-ming-goh]
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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   (flə-mĭng'gō)   
n.   pl. fla·min·gos or fla·min·goes

  1. 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. 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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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