Flamingo

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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}.] (Zool.)
   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}.
   [1913 Webster]