ETYM Spanish flamenco, cf. Portu. flamingo, Prov. flammant, French flamant; prop. a p. pr. meaning flaming. So called in allusion to its color. Related to Flame.
Long-legged and long-necked wading bird, family Phoenicopteridae, of the stork order Ciconiiformes. Largest of the family is the greater or roseate flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber, found in Africa, the Caribbean, and South America, with delicate pink plumage and 1.25 m/4 ft tall. They sift the mud for food with their downbent bills, and build colonies of high, conelike mud nests, with a little hollow for the eggs at the top.
Large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes. + prikaži više