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anhinga
[ an-hing-guh ]
noun
- any of various totipalmate swimming birds of the family Anhingidae, having a very long and flexible neck.
anhinga
/ ænˈhɪŋɡə /
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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.
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The latter, I must confess, did not seem to us so nice as the dark-colored meat of the anhinga.
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He says he found a peculiar parasite in the brain of the Anhinga.
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It was an anhinga, one of the most singular specimens of web-footed birds that can be found anywhere.
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Ripley reports the occurrence of "about a dozen anhingas (presumably Anhinga melanogaster)" at Babelthuap on 12 November 1946.
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