flamingo
flamingo
[fləˈmɪŋgəʊ]
(pl. -os 或 -oes)
[fləˈmɪŋgəʊ]
(pl. -os 或 -oes)
- a tall wading bird with mainly pink or scarlet plumage and long legs and neck. It has a heavy bent bill that is held upside down in the water in order to filter-feed on small organisms
红鹳，火烈鸟 - Family Phoenicopteridae: three genera and four species, in particular the greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
红鹳科：3属，4种，尤指大红鹳（拉丁名Phoenicopterus ruber）
- mid 16th cent.: from Spanish flamengo, earlier form of flamenco (see flamenco); associated, because of its colour, with Latin flamma 'a flame'
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