anhingan.
Any bird of the genus Anhinga, esp. the American snake-bird, A. anhinga.
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anhinga1769
snake-bird1791
darter1825
serpent bird1870
Colorado or water-turkeya1889
1769 T. Pennant Indian Zool. 13/1 The black-bellied Anhinga. We give it this epithet, to distinguish it from an American species with a silvery belly. This kind is found in Ceylon and Java... Neck extremely long; the bill strait, long, and sharp-pointed.
1816 J. H. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) 82 Mr. Cranch shot some birds amongst which..an anhinga.
1838 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. IV. 136 Anhinga or Snake~bird, Plotus anhinga.
1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 332 Few other birds, such as cormorants and anhingas, resemble the Pygopodes in this respect.
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