| Flaming | a. 1. Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling. “In flaming yellow bright.” Prior. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Flamingo | 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 Phœnicopterus. 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 ] |
