anhinga

From taxonomic name Anhinga or Portuguese anhinga, from Old Tupi anhinga.

• IPA^(key): /ænˈhɪŋɡə/

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anhinga (plural anhingas)

1. Synonym of darter: any bird of the genus Anhinga.
2. A fish-eating bird (Anhinga anhinga) of the Americas with a thin, pointed bill and a long, thin neck.

• (A. anhinga): American darter, American snakebird, water turkey

• (A. anhinga): snakebird, darter

• Anhinga anhinga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Anhinga anhinga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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anhinga (unpossessable)

1. (dis legomenon) anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)

   Synonym: migûá

   • [1648, Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso, Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Rerum Naturalium Historiae, book V, chapter XV (in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 218:

     Anhinga Braſilienſibus Tupinamb. Mergi aquatici ſpecies elegans […]

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• Nheengatu: anhinga
• → Portuguese: anhinga
• → Translingual: Anhinga, Anhinga anhinga

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “anhinga”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 41, column 1

Borrowed from Old Tupi anhinga.

• Rhymes: -ĩɡɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧nhin‧ga

anhinga f (plural anhingas)

2. anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)

   Synonyms: biguatinga, (North Brazil) carará, (Maranhão) miuá

• “anhinga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “anhinga”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “anhinga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026