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FLAMINGO
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Irregular inflected form: flamingoes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("flamingo" is a kind of...):
wader; wading bird (any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food)
Holonyms ("flamingo" is a member of...):
family Phoenicopteridae; Phoenicopteridae (flamingos)