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† ˈpasser-flaˈmingo Obs.
Forms: see quots.
[app. f. L. passer sparrow, also ostrich + flamingo.]
The Flamingo.
1625Purchas Pilgrims I. iii. 275 Wild-geese, Duckes, Pellicans, Passea, Flemincos [sic], and Crowes. Ibid. iv. 536 Larks, Wild-geese, Ducks, Passerflannugos [sic], and many others. 1630Capt. Smith Trav. & Adv. 54 The best and greatest is a Passer Flaminga, which walking at her length is as tall as a man. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 18 (Engraving) Pasche-Flemingo. Ibid. 212 Passe-flemingoes, Geese, Powts, Swallowes. |