FLAMINGO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: flamingoes   

 I. (noun) 

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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