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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Phenicopter

· Phen·i·cop·ter · IPA

01 n. A flamingo.

[L. phoenicopterus, Gr. foiniko`pteros, i. e., red-feathered; foi^nix, foi`nikos, purple red + ptero`n feather: cf. F. phénicoptère.]

1.
A flamingo.(Zool.)

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