flamingo (redirected from flamingos)

fla·min·go  (fl-mngg)

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.

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[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 [fləˈmɪŋgəʊ]

n pl -gos, -goes

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any large wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae, having a pink-and-red plumage and downward-bent bill and inhabiting brackish lakes: order Ciconiiformes

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)

a.  a reddish-orange colour

b.  (as adjective) flamingo gloves

[from Portuguese flamengo, from Provençal flamenc, from Latin flamma flame + Germanic suffix -ing denoting descent from or membership of; compare -ing³]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

flamingo - large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes wader, wading bird - any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food family Phoenicopteridae, Phoenicopteridae - flamingos

Translations

flamingo [fləˈmɪŋgəʊ] N (flamingos or flamingoes (pl)) → flamenco m

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flamingo [fləˈmɪŋgəʊ] n → flamant m (rose)

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flamingo

n pl <-(e)s> → Flamingo m

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flamingo [fləˈmɪŋgəʊ] n → fenicottero

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flamingo [fləˈmɪŋgəʊ] n → fenicottero

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flamingo

n flamingo

a type of long-legged wading bird, pink or bright red in colour. flamink طائِر الفلامنكو фламинго plameňák flamingo der Flamingo φλαμίγκο flamenco flamingo فلامینگو flamingo flamant פְלָמִינגוֹ flamingo, plamenac flamingó flamingo flamingói, flæmingi flamingo フラミンゴ 플라밍고 flamingas flamings flamingo flamingo flamingo flaming flamingo flamingo фламинго plameniak plamenec flamingo flamingo นกฟลามิงโก นกสีชมพูขายาวขนาดใหญ่ลุยน้ำหาอาหาร flamingo 火烈鳥，紅鶴 фламінго لمبی ٹانگوں، لمبی گردن اور جھلّی دار پنجوں والا آبی پرندہ جس کی چونچ خمدار اور پر گلابی یا سیاح ہوتے ہیں chim hồng hạc 火烈鸟

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flamingo → طائر الفلامنجو plameňák flamingo Flamingo φλαμίνγκο flamenco flamingo flamant rose flamingo fenicottero フラミンゴ 플라밍고 flamingo flamingo flaming flamingo фламинго flamingo นกฟลามิงโก flamingo chim hồng hạc 火烈鸟