anhinga
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.an·hin·ga
noun \an-ˈhiŋ-gə\Definition of ANHINGA
: any of a genus (Anhinga) of fish-eating birds related to the cormorants but distinguished by a longer neck and sharply pointed rather than hooked bill; especially : one (A. anhinga) occurring from the southern United States to Argentina
See Origin of ANHINGA
New Latin, probably ultimately from Tupi *ajíŋa
First Known Use: 1769
Rhymes with ANHINGA
anhinga
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Any fish-eating bird of the family Anhingidae (order Pelecaniformes), sometimes considered a single species (Anhinga anhinga) with geographical variants. Anhingas are about 35 in. (90 cm) long, slender, and long-necked. They are mostly black, with silvery wing markings. Males, glossed with green, develop pale head plumes and a dark “mane” in breeding season. Anhingas live in small colonies along lakes and rivers in tropical to warm temperate regions except in Europe. They swim nearly submerged; the head and neck show above water, darting snakelike from side to side.
Variants of ANHINGA
anhinga or snakebird
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