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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLAMIN'GO, n.
A fowl constituting the genus Phoenicopterus, of the grallic order. The beak is naked, toothed, and bent as if broken; the feet palmated and four-toed. This fowl resembles the heron in shape, but is entirely red, except the quill-fethers. It is a native of Africa and America.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -gos; also -goes) Etymology: obsolete Spanish flamengo (now flamenco), literally, Fleming, German (conventionally thought of as ruddy-complexioned) Date: 1565 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

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -os or -oes) any tall long-necked web-footed wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae, with crooked bill and pink, scarlet, and black plumage. Etymology: Port. flamengo f. Prov. flamenc f. flama flame + -enc = -ING(3)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Flamingo Fla*min"go, n.; pl. Flamingoes. [Sp. flamenco, cf. Pg. flamingo, Prov. flammant, F. flamant; prop. a p. pr. meaning flaming. So called in allusion to its color. See Flame.] (Zo["o]l.) Any bird of the genus Ph[oe]nicopterus. The flamingoes have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is P. ruber; the European is P. antiquorum.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(flamingos, or flamingoes) A flamingo is a bird with pink feathers, long thin legs, a long neck, and a curved beak. Flamingos live near water in warm countries. N-COUNT