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anhinga

[ an-hing-guh ]

noun

  1. any of various totipalmate swimming birds of the family Anhingidae, having a very long and flexible neck.


anhinga

/ ænˈhɪŋɡə /

noun

  1. another name for darter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of anhinga1

1760–70; < Portuguese < Tupi ayingá
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anhinga1

C18: via Portuguese from Tupi
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Example Sentences

A bird found in Florida, the Anhinga, has in its brain a nematode whose presence in that organ is not accidental.

The latter, I must confess, did not seem to us so nice as the dark-colored meat of the anhinga.

He says he found a peculiar parasite in the brain of the Anhinga.

It was an anhinga, one of the most singular specimens of web-footed birds that can be found anywhere.

Ripley reports the occurrence of "about a dozen anhingas (presumably Anhinga melanogaster)" at Babelthuap on 12 November 1946.

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