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flamingo|fləˈmɪŋgəʊ|
Forms: 6 (fleming), flemengo, 7–8 flemingo, flamenco, 7– flamingo. See also fleming, flaman.
[a. Pg. flamengo, Sp. flamenco, Pr. flamenc, according to Hatzf.-Darm. f. Rom. flama flame n. + suffix -enc (a. Teut. -ing) often appended in Pr. and occas. in OF. to ns. of L. origin. The F. name, flamant, is believed to be an alteration of the Pr. form; cf. OF. ferrant iron-gray, from ferrenc. So called from the colour.]
1. a. A bird of the genus Phœnicopterus, with bright scarlet plumage, extremely long and slender legs and neck, and a heavy bent bill.
1565J. Sparke in Hakluyt Voy. III. 520 The fowle of the fresh riuers..whereof the Flemengo is one, hauing all redde feathers. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 212 Sundry other Birds, as..Passe-flemingoes. 1697W. Dampier Voy. (1729) I. 70, I saw a few Flamingo's, which is a sort of large Fowl. 1867J. Ingelow Songs on Voices Birds, Sandmartins, Where rosy-winged flamingos fish all day.
b. The deep pink colour of the flamingo.
1897Westm. Gaz. 5 June 7/1 The poor little flamingo⁓caped lassies. 1923Daily Mail 29 Jan. 1/4 In shades of Powder Blue,..Cyclamen,..Flamingo, Pink. Ibid. 12 June 15 Favourite Colour of the Season is Flamingo. 1927V. Woolf To Lighthouse i. 41 Lovely evenings, with all their flamingo clouds and blue and silver.
2. attrib. and Comb., as flamingo-legged adj.; flamingo flower or plant, a name for Anthurium scherzerianum.
1862Thornbury Turner I. 14 A flamingo-legged footman. 1882Garden 1 Apr. 212/2 The Flamingo flower. Ibid. 9 Sept. 226/1 The Flamingo plant. |