: any of several large aquatic birds (family Phoenicopteridae) with long legs and neck, webbed feet, a broad lamellate bill resembling that of a duck but abruptly bent downward, and usually rosy-white plumage with scarlet wing coverts and black wing quills
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The runway was punctuated with columns decorated with moving, illustrated images of flowers and pink flamingos.—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2025 Chilean lithium extraction occurs almost entirely in the country’s salt flats, striking desert landscapes that are home to thousands of flamingos and a great many Indigenous communities.—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025 The flamingo pink Broward Transitional Center hides in plain sight on a stretch of road in Pompano Beach lined with palm trees and modest commercial buildings.—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025 Many think of flamingos as tropical birds but three South American species live in cold climates.—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flamingo
Word History
Etymology
obsolete Spanish flamengo (now flamenco), literally, Fleming, German (conventionally thought of as ruddy-complexioned)
: any of several rosy-white birds with scarlet wings, a very long neck and legs, and a broad bill bent down at the end that are often found wading in shallow water
Etymology
from Portuguese flamingo "flamingo," from Spanish flamenco "flamingo," derived from Latin flamma "flame"; so called from the fiery red feathers on the underside of the wings
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