| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fla·min·go |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  fl -m ng g |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: 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. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Portuguese flamengo or Spanish flamenco, both probably from Old Provençal flamenc, from flama, flame, from Latin flamma. See bhel-1 in Appendix I.
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