单词 | flamingo |
释义 | flamingo /fleuh ming"goh/, n. , pl. flamingos, flamingoes. any of several aquatic birds of the family Phoenicopteridae, having very long legs and neck, webbed feet, a bill bent downward at the tip, and pinkish to scarlet plumage. [1555-65; cf. Pg. flamengo, Sp flamenco lit., FLEMING (cf. FLAMENCO); appar. orig. a jocular name, from the conventional Romance image of the Flemish as ruddy-complexioned] |
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