flamingo

noun/fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/

Frequency rank: #12,260 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a tall wading bird with pink or reddish feathers and long thin legs, known for standing on one leg.

Illustration for the English word “flamingo”

Example sentence

The tourists gathered around the pond to photograph the flamingo standing on one leg.

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