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Definition of Anhinga
1. Noun. Fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill.
Generic synonyms: Pelecaniform Seabird
Group relationships: Genus Anhinga
Specialized synonyms: Anhinga Anhinga, Water Turkey
Definition of Anhinga
1. n. An aquatic bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga); the darter, or snakebird.
Definition of Anhinga
1. Noun. A fish-eating bird, ''Anhinga anhinga'', from North America having a thin, pointed bill and long, thin neck. ¹
2. Noun. A bird of the family Anhingidae. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anhinga
1. an aquatic bird [n -S]
Medical Definition of Anhinga
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Anhinga
Literary usage of Anhinga
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"Plotus anhinga amongst the ... Bed- dard' records one caecum in some specimens
of the anhinga while in others he notes ..."
2. The Collected Scientific Papers of the Late Alfred Henry Garrod by Alfred Henry Garrod, William Alexander Forbes (1881)
"OTUS anhinga* (Plates XVIII—XX.) Page 835. THE Darter is one of those birds whose
anatomy, with the exception of its skeleton, is comparatively little known ..."
3. Wanderings in South America: The North-west of the United States, and the by Charles Waterton (1879)
"Horned Screamer.—Trumpeter.—King Vulture.—anhinga.—Dangers of travel.—Quartan ague.
... anhinga ..."