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Any of a genus (Anhinga) of long-necked birds having a sharp, pointed bill and inhabiting swampy regions of tropical and subtropical America. Also called darter, snakebird, water turkey.

[Portuguese, from Tupi ayingá.]

anhinga [ænˈhɪŋgə]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for darter (the bird)

[via Portuguese from Tupi]

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anhinga - fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill

darter, snakebird

pelecaniform seabird - large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet

genus Anhinga - type genus of the Anhingidae

Anhinga anhinga, water turkey - blackish New World snakebird of swampy regions

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anhinga (redirected from American darter)

anhinga
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