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flamingo
noun
fla·min·go flə-ˈmiŋ-(ˌ)gō 
plural flamingos also flamingoes
: any of several large aquatic birds (family Phoenicopteridae) with long legs and neck, webbed feet, a broad lamellate bill resembling that of a duck but abruptly bent downward, and usually rosy-white plumage with scarlet wing coverts and black wing quills
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Marisa Donnelly, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2022 The nap box user will sleep in the pod like a flamingo, standing upright. Fortune, 15 July 2022 Each garment truly embodies the symbolism and beauty behind the flamingo. Jamila Stewart, Essence, 11 Aug. 2022 In 2001, a paper in the Proceedings of the Royal Society identified a pair of bird siblings as unlikely as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito: the flamingo’s closest relative was a little diving bird called a grebe. Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 15 July 2022 The flamingo is easily identifiable due to the number on its leg band, which is No. 492. Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 30 Mar. 2022 The flamingo flower, as it's sometimes called, can last up to eight weeks. Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 22 July 2022 The news of Freddie Mercury and Lance Bass' uncoupling must've caused a stir among the Denver Zoo's followers because the zoo followed up with more information about the flamingo couple's break up on June 24. Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2022 This flamingo drink holder is great for keeping your drink handy in the pool, hot tub, or lake. Maureen Farrar, Outside Online, 9 June 2022 See More
Marisa Donnelly, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2022 The nap box user will sleep in the pod like a flamingo, standing upright. Fortune, 15 July 2022 Each garment truly embodies the symbolism and beauty behind the flamingo. Jamila Stewart, Essence, 11 Aug. 2022 In 2001, a paper in the Proceedings of the Royal Society identified a pair of bird siblings as unlikely as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito: the flamingo’s closest relative was a little diving bird called a grebe. Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 15 July 2022 The flamingo is easily identifiable due to the number on its leg band, which is No. 492. Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 30 Mar. 2022 The flamingo flower, as it's sometimes called, can last up to eight weeks. Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 22 July 2022 The news of Freddie Mercury and Lance Bass' uncoupling must've caused a stir among the Denver Zoo's followers because the zoo followed up with more information about the flamingo couple's break up on June 24. Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2022 This flamingo drink holder is great for keeping your drink handy in the pool, hot tub, or lake. Maureen Farrar, Outside Online, 9 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
obsolete Spanish flamengo (now flamenco), literally, Fleming, German (conventionally thought of as ruddy-complexioned)
First Known Use
1565, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
flamingo
noun
fla·min·go flə-ˈmiŋ-go
plural flamingos or flamingoes
: a large pale pink to reddish waterbird with very long neck and legs and a broad bill bent downward at the end