† phoenīcoptĕrus, i, m., = φοινικόπτερος, the flamingo, phenicopter: phoenicopteri linguam praecipui saporis esse, Apicius docuit, Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 133; Cels. 2, 18; Sen. Ep. 110, 11; Mart. 13, 71 in lemm.; Juv. 11, 139; Lampr. Elag. 20.