slovo | definícia |
flamingo (encz) | flamingo,plameňák n: Zdeněk Brož |
Flamingo (gcide) | 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] |
flamingo (wn) | flamingo
n 1: large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent
bill; inhabits brackish lakes |
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flamingo flower (encz) | flamingo flower, n: |
flamingo plant (encz) | flamingo plant, n: |
flamingoes (encz) | flamingoes, |
flamingos (encz) | flamingos,plameňáci Zdeněk Brož |
Flamingo (gcide) | 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] |
Flamingoes (gcide) | 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] |
flamingo flower (wn) | flamingo flower
n 1: commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe
and spadix [syn: flamingo flower, flamingo plant,
Anthurium andraeanum, Anthurium scherzerianum] |
flamingo plant (wn) | flamingo plant
n 1: commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe
and spadix [syn: flamingo flower, flamingo plant,
Anthurium andraeanum, Anthurium scherzerianum] |
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