flaminglet

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noun

A flamingo chick.

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Meanings

nounflaminglet (plural flaminglets)

plural flaminglets

  1. A flamingo chick.

    The world can be a dangerous place for fox kits, flaminglets, armadillo pups, and zebra foals.

    2024, Dawn Huebner, Facing Mighty Fears About Being Apart From Parents, page 13
    2 more examples

    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

    The reserve is awaiting new arrivals of flaminglets, as many of the birds are currently sitting on their nests before their eggs hatch.

    2024 May 22, Jack Maclean, Neve Gordon-Farleigh, “Unlucky in love' flamingo lays first egg aged 70”, in BBC News

Origin

From flamingo + -let.

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“flaminglet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flaminglet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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