a large pink bird with long thin legs and a long neck, that lives near water in warm countries 红鹳，火烈鸟， 红鹤 （热带大涉禽，羽色粉红，腿细长，长颈）Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Spanish flamengo, earlier form of flamenco, ‘like a Gypsy’, literally ‘Fleming’, from Middle Dutch Vlaminc; associated, because of its colour, with Latin flamma ‘a flame’.