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单词 flamingo
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
fla•min•go /fləˈmɪŋgoʊ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -gos, -goes. 
  1. Birdsa wading bird having webbed feet, a bill bent downward at the tip, and pinkish to scarlet feathers.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
fla•min•go  (flə minggō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gos, -goes. 
  1. Birdsany of several aquatic birds of the family Phoenicopteridae, having very long legs and neck, webbed feet, a bill bent downward at the tip, and pinkish to scarlet plumage.
  • 1555–65; compare Portuguese. flamengo, Spanish flamenco literally, Fleming (compare flamenco); apparently origin, originally a jocular name, from the conventional Romance image of the Flemish as ruddy-complexioned

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
flamingo /fləˈmɪŋɡəʊ/ n ( pl -gos, -goes)
  1. any large wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae, having a pink-and-red plumage and downward-bent bill and inhabiting brackish lakes: order Ciconiiformes
Etymology: 16th Century: from Portuguese flamengo, from Provençal flamenc, from Latin flamma flame + Germanic suffix -ing denoting descent from or membership of; compare -ing³
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