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snakebird
[ sneyk-burd ]
snakebird
/ ˈsneɪkˌbɜːd /
noun
- another name for darter
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Word History and Origins
Origin of snakebird1
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Example Sentences
Its long neck resembles a snake ready to strike when the Anhinga - also called a snakebird - is swimming.
From Seattle Times
The heron, the snakebird, and the redshank, waded through the shallow drifts; and geese, widgeon, teal, and mallard, rose whirring in the air at every step.
From Project Gutenberg
In Plotus, the snakebird, the pyloric chamber of the stomach is beset with a mass of hair-like stiff filaments which permit nothing but fluid to pass into the duodenum.
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