a large pink bird with long thin legs and a long neck, that lives near water in warm countries Topics Birdsc2紅鹳,火烈鳥, 紅鶴 (熱帶大涉禽,羽色粉紅,腿細長,長頸)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’.