an·hin·ga ( n-h ng g )n. 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]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for darter (the bird)
[via Portuguese from Tupi]
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| Noun | 1. |  anhinga - fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed billpelecaniform 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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