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]From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
flamingo n 1: large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes