phœnicopter
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See also: phoenicopter
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Noun[edit]
phœnicopter (plural phœnicopters)
- Obsolete form of phenicopter.
- 1856, Monier Williams, Śakoontalá, page 12:
- The Indian law‐giver, Manu recommends that a Bráhman should choose for his wife a young maiden, whose gait was like that of a phœnicopter, or flamingo, or even like that of a young elephant.