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Webster 1913 Edition
Flamingo
Fla-min′go
,Noun.
pl.
Flamingoes
(#)
. [Sp.
flamenco
, cf. Pg. flamingo
, Prov. flammant
, F. flamant
; prop. a p. pr. meaning flaming
. So called in allusion to its color. See Flame
.] (Zool.)
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 is P. antiquorum
. Webster 1828 Edition
Flamingo
FLAMIN'GO
, n.A fowl constituting the genus Phoenicopterus, of the grallic order. The beak is naked, toothed, and bent as if broken; the feet palmated and four-toed. This fowl resembles the heron in shape, but is entirely red, except the quill-fethers. It is a native of Africa and America.