Plural of flamingo

Forms of flamingo

Flamingos and flamingoes in a sentence

• After Nakuru the light remains only long enough to see the Lake Nakuru, away to the south, with its fringe of pink flamingos, and as the darkness falls the old main line to Kisumu branches to the left.1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 266
• The life history of flamingos and the banded stilt of Australia are astonishingly alike.1999, Alan Feduccia, The Origin and Evolution of Birds, page 199. From the entry banded stilt
• Flamboyances of flamingos are a feature of the lake.2024, Anthony Ham, Travel Guide Tanzania, Lonely Planet. From the entry flamboyance
• Baby lesser flamingos, known as flaminglets, are initially gray in color because they haven't adopted the pink diet.2024, Geo Rutherford, Spooky Lakes, page 75. From the entry flaminglet
• But he loves taking pictures of all critters, he said, and noticed a stand of flamingos wading in a salt pond.2014 March 12, Matt Davenport, “Carmel man snaps photo of rare black flamingo”, in Monterey Herald, archived from the original on 01 Aug…. From the entry stand

Meaning of flamingo

1. noun A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.
2. noun A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
3. adjective Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.

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Questions about the plural of flamingo

What is the plural of flamingo?

The plural of flamingo is flamingos or flamingoes.

Which is correct, flamingos or flamingoes?

Both are used. flamingos is the more common of the two in English writing.

Is flamingo countable?

Flamingo is a countable and uncountable noun.