/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 ]