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.] (Zoöl.) Any bird of the genus Phœnicopterus. 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.

• A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae.
  
• (colour) A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
        flamingo colour:   
  
• (colour) of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo..
  
  Dutch
• A flamingo.
  
  Esperanto
• A laboratory or kitchen gas burner.
  

German
• flamingo