a large pink bird with long thin legs and a long neck, that lives near water in warm countries Topics Birdsc2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’.