Phen`i*cop"ter (?), n. [L. phoenicopterus, Gr. foiniko`pteros, i.e., red-feathered; foi^nix, foi`nikos, purple red + ptero`n feather: cf. F. ph'enicoptere.] Zool.
A flamingo.
© Webster 1913.
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