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greater flamingo

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Phoenicopterus roseus, the most widespread and largest species of the flamingo family, found in Africa, on the Indian subcontinent, in the Middle East, and in southern Europe.

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37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: grootflamink — Translations
  • Armenian: սովորական ֆլամինգո (sovorakan flamingo) — Translations
  • Azerbaijani: adi qızılqaz — Translations
  • Basque: flamenko arrosa — Translations
  • Bengali: বড় ফ্লেমিঙ্গো (boṛ phlemiṅgō) — Translations
  • Bulgarian: розово фламинго (rozovo flamingo) — Translations
  • Catalan: flamenc rosat — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大红鹳 — Translations
  • Czech: plameňák růžový — Translations
  • Danish: stor flamingo — Translations
  • Dutch: gewone flamingo — Translations
  • Esperanto: roza flamengo — Translations
  • Finnish: flamingo — Translations
  • French: flamant rose — Translations
  • Galician: flamengo rosa — Translations
  • German: Rosaflamingo — Translations
  • Greek: μεγάλο φλαμίνγκο (megálo flamíngko) — Translations
  • Hebrew: פלמינגו מצוי — Translations
  • Hindi: बड़ा राजहंस (baṛā rājhans) — Translations
  • Hungarian: rózsás flamingó — Translations
  • Japanese: オオフラミンゴ — Translations
  • Kazakh: кәдімгі қоқиқаз (kädımgı qoqiqaz) — Translations
  • Korean: 큰홍학 (keunhonghak) — Translations
  • Latvian: sārtais flamings — Translations
  • Lithuanian: didysis flamingas — Translations
  • Macedonian: розово фламинго (rozovo flamingo) — Translations
  • Maltese: fjamingu — Translations
  • Norwegian: rosenflamingo — Translations
  • Persian: فلامینگوی بزرگ — Translations
  • Polish: flaming różowy — Translations
  • Romanian: flamingo roz — Translations
  • Russian: ро́зовый флами́нго (rózovyj flamíngo) — Translations
  • Russian: обыкнове́нный флами́нго (obyknovénnyj flamíngo) — Translations
  • Slovak: plameniak ružový — Translations
  • Spanish: flamenco común — Translations
  • Turkish: büyük flamingo — Translations
  • Vietnamese: hồng hạc lớn — Translations