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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

flamingo

/fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/

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What does flamingo mean?

noun

  1. A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.
  2. A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.

adjective

  1. Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.

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IPA pronunciation

/fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/

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She commenced with his stuffed flamingo and wanted to know what made it so tall and what made it so red.
Jean WebsterDear EnemyProject Gutenberg ebook #238
Among the birds are found some species now only living in cold countries, such as the snowy owl, willow grouse, and flamingo.
Emory Adams AllenThe Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished RacesProject Gutenberg ebook #2873
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Long thin clouds of flamingo red, with edges like the edges of curled ostrich feathers, lay up and down the sky at different altitudes.
Virginia WoolfThe Voyage OutProject Gutenberg ebook #144
And life arose in our paths; for the tall flamingo, hitherto unseen, with all gay glowing birds, flaunted his scarlet plumage before us.
Edgar Allan PoeThe Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #2148
John’s, for instance, had a lagoon with flamingoes flying over it at which John was shooting, while Michael, who was very small, had a flamingo with lagoons flying over it.
J. M. (James Matthew) BarriePeter Pan : $b [Peter and Wendy]Project Gutenberg ebook #16