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Definition: Flamingo |
FlamingoNoun1. Large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "flamingo" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references) |
Etymology: Flamingo \Fla*min"go\, noun; plural Flamingoes. [from Spanish expression flamenco, compare to Portuguese flamingo, Prov. flammant, French flamant; present participle meaning flaming. So called in allusion to its color. See Flame.]. (references) |
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Flamingos Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Phoenicopteridae
Genera Phoenicopterus Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae) are gregarious wading birds, usually 3-5 feet in height, found in both the western and eastern hemispheres. They are more numerous in the latter, but there are four species in the Americas against two in the Old World. Flamingos live in large flocks in aquatic areas.
The larger species breed and feed in saline or brackish habitats. Nests are made of compacted mud and are in the form of a mound with a concave top, into which the single white egg is laid.
Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly-shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume, and are uniquely used upside-down. The filtering of food items is assisted by hairy structures called lamellae which line the mandibles, and the large rough-surfaced tongue.
The young hatch with white plumage, but the feathers of a flamingo in adulthood range from light pink to bright red, due to carotenoids obtained from their food supply. All flamingos have 12 black flight feathers in each wing.
Flamingos produce a “milk” like pigeon milk (see Columbidae). It contains more fat and less protein than the latter does, and it is produced in glands lining the whole of the upper digestive tract, not just the crop. Young flamingos feed on this milk for about two months until their bills are developed enough to filter feed. The milk also contains red and white blood cells.
Flamingos are related to other large wading birds as follows:
- Order Ciconiiformes
- Family Cochlearidae, (Boatbill)
- Family Balaenicipitidae, (Shoebill)
- Family Scopidae, (Hammerkop)
- Family Ciconiidae, (storks)
- Family Threskiornithidae, (ibises and spoonbills)
- Family Phoenicopteridae (sometimes classed as an order Phoenicopteriformes.)
- Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus), Africa, southern Asia and southern Europe.
- Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor), mainly in southern Africa, but the most numerous species.
- James's Flamingo (Phoenicopterus jamesi) northern Andes
- Andean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus andinus), southern Andes
- Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis), most widespread South American flamingo.
- Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), until recently considered a subspecies of Greater Flamingo. It breeds in the Caribbean and once inhabited Florida,
- Family Ardeidae, (herons, egrets, and bitterns)
Flamingos asleep.
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Flamingos are a model for plastic yard art which is apparently popular in some areas of the USA.
For the seminal American doo-wop group, best known for "I Only Have Eyes for You" (1959), see The Flamingos.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Flamingo."
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Flamingo is a small settlement on the coast at the eastern end of the only road running through the Everglades National Park. It is the only settlement within the park, and consists of little more than the Flamingo Lodge hotel, a cafe, a chandler and a few houses. There is also a seasonal caravan park.The settlement is so called because the coast at this point provides the only place in the USA where Caribbean Flamingo can be seen on migration. This large bird was split as a separate species in 2002, having previously been considered a race of Greater Flamingo. The situation is complicated by the regular presence on the mudflats of escaped birds from the nearby racecourse.
Flamingo provides the only road access to the sea in the Everglades National Park. A track called the Snake Bight Trail (not "bite") provides an alternative pedestrian access to the sea to the east of Flamingo, but its two-mile length is notorious for the number and ferocity of the mosquitos.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Flamingo (Florida)."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| FLB | English | Flamingo balance | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: Flamingo |
| English words defined with "flamingo": Flamingoes ♦ Phenicopter. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Flamingo" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (flamingo), French (flamingo), German (flamingo), Portuguese (flamingo, lesser flamingo, phoenicopterus minor), Romanian (flamingo), Serbo-Croatian (flamingo), Swedish (flamingo), Turkish (flamingo). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | On our block all of the guys call her flamingo (Pretty Flamingo; performing artist: Manfred Mann) Pretty flamingo pretty flamingo (Pretty Flamingo; performing artist: Manfred Mann) Some sweet day I'll make her mine pretty flamingo (Pretty Flamingo; performing artist: Manfred Mann) When she moves she walks so fine like a flamingo (Pretty Flamingo; performing artist: Manfred Mann) At the Hotel Flamingo, wearin black market shoes (Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First); performing artist: John Mellencamp; writing credit: John Mellencamp and George Green) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Flamingo (2003) The Flamingo Affair (1948) Flamingo Estates (1994) Maltese Flamingo (1986) The Flamingo Kid (1984) | |
Song Titles | Pretty Flamingo (performing artist: Manfred Mann) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Roseate spoonbills - Ajaia Ajaja - can be seen feeding in the salt marsh areas of Canaveral National Seashore during the spring and fall. The Roseate spoonbill is Florida's only native pink bird, the flamingo is not native and if found in the wild is usually an escapee from local attractions. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Flamingo tongue snail on a sea fan close-up. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |
 | Photographed soon after completion. This is probably the Harriet N. Eldridge built in 1940, acquired by the Navy on 4 November 1940, and put into service on 6 June 1941 as USS Flamingo (AMc-22). She was reclassified IX-180 on 17 July 1944 and stricken on 8 January 1946. A nearly identical Harriet N. Eldridge was built in 1941, put into service by the Navy as AMb-20 on 28 April 1942, renamed YP-378 on 1 May 1942 and stricken on 16 September 1944. Credit: NAVY. |  | Flamingo Bay, Culebra Island, P.R. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Flamingo 1" by Lisa Rae Swan Commentary: "One shy flamingo at Assiniboine Park Zoo." | "Flamingo" by Piexec Staff Commentary: "Bush gardens." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| "Flamingo" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 69.09% of the time. "Flamingo" is used about 55 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 69.09% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Noun (proper) | 30.91% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Total | 100.00% | 55 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "flamingo": flamingo flower ♦ flamingo plant. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "flamingo": flamingo-edged, flamingo-type. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "flamingo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zog flamingo. (various references) | |
Arabic | البشروس طائر مائي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | фламинго. (various references) | |
Czech | plameòák. (various references) | |
Danish | flamingo (greater flamingo). (various references) | |
Dutch | flamingo (greater flamingo). (various references) | |
Esperanto | flamengo. (various references) | |
French | flamingo. (various references) | |
German | flamingo (greater flamingo). (various references) | |
Greek | φλαμίνγκο (greater flamingo), φοινικόπτεροσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | שקיטן, פלמינגו. (various references) | |
Hungarian | flamingó. (various references) | |
Italian | fenicottero (greater flamingo). (various references) | |
Korean | 홍학 (Flamingoes). (various references) | |
Manx | lossyrane. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | amingoflay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | flamingo (lesser flamingo, phoenicopterus minor). (various references) | |
Romanian | flamingo. (various references) | |
Russian | фламинго. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | flamingo. (various references) | |
Spanish | flamenco (flamenco, Fleming, flemish, Flemming, Flemmish), pájaro raro. (various references) | |
Swedish | flamingo. (various references) | |
Turkish | flamingo. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | фламінго. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Phoeniconaias minor, Phoenicoparrus andinus, Phoenicoparrus jamesi, Phoenicopteridae, phoenicopterus, Phoenicopterus minor, Phoenicopterus ruber, Phoenicopterus ruber chilensis, Phoenicopterus ruber ruber, RM:flamingo rosa. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "flamingo": flamingoes, flamingos. (additional references) | |
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"Flamingo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: flamin, flaminco, flamingod. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "flamingo" (pronounced flumi"nggō) |
| 4 | -i" ng g ō | bingo, dingo, gringo, lingo. |
| 3 | -ng g ō | Congo, mango, Mungo, pengo, tango. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-g-i-l-m-n-o" | |
-1 letter: flaming, foaling, foaming, loafing, loaming. | |
-2 letters: faming, flagon, glioma, laming, lingam, malign, oilman. | |
-3 letters: algin, align, aloin, along, amigo, amino, amnio, among, fagin, final, fling, flong, folia, gamin, ganof, gloam, gonia, gonif, imago, liang, ligan, liman, linga, lingo, logan, logia, mango. | |
-4 letters: agin, agio, agon, alif, amin, anil, fail, fain, fang, fano, fila, film. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-g-i-l-m-n-o" | |
+1 letter: flamingos. | |
+2 letters: flamingoes. | |
+3 letters: formalising, formalizing, formulating, manifolding. | |
+4 letters: camouflaging. | |
+5 letters: deformalizing, flameproofing, formularizing, nonmeaningful, reformulating. | |
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