† flamanflammantn.
A flamingo.
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phoenicopter1570
flamingo1589
passer-flamingo1610
flaman1706
fleming1708
red flamingo1785
red flammant1785
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Flamet or Flammant, a large and fine Fowl, as big as a wild Goose, having the Legs and Neck very long.
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. xli. 166 A Phenicoptere (which in Languedoc they call Flaman).
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Flamet, Flammant, a large wild Fowl of the Size of a wild Goose.
1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. II. i. 14 You would have said they had been Cranes, or Flamans [Note] A flame-coloured Bird with long red Legs.
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