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FLAMINGO (flamingoes)
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Irregular inflected form: flamingoes
Dictionary entry overview: What does flamingo mean?
• FLAMINGO (noun)
The noun FLAMINGO has 1 sense:
1. large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes
Familiarity information: FLAMINGO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("flamingo" is a kind of...):
wader; wading bird (any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food)
Holonyms ("flamingo" is a member of...):
family Phoenicopteridae; Phoenicopteridae (flamingos)
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