flamingo
/fləˈmɪŋgəʊ/noun
(pl. -os或 -oes)
1- a tall wading bird with mainly pink or scarlet plumage and long legs and neck. It has a heavy bent bill that is held upside down in the water in order to filter-feed on small organisms红鹳, 火烈鸟。
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- Family Phoenicopteridae: three genera and four species, in particular the greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber).红鹳科：3属, 4种, 尤指大红鹳（拉丁名Phoenicopterus ruber）。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from Spanish flamengo, earlier form of flamenco （see FLAMENCO）; associated, because of its colour, with Latin flamma 'a flame'.