anhinga

See also: Anhinga

English

Anhinga is the common name for the American darter (pictured) but can be used to describe any species in the Anhinga genus.

Etymology

From New Latin anhinga or Portuguese anhingá, from Old Tupi ajíŋa, áyinga, or ayingá.

Noun

anhinga (plural anhingas)

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

Synonyms

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

Hypernyms

• (A. anhinga): snakebird, darter

Translations

Anhinga anhinga

• Dutch: Amerikaanse slangenhalsvogel (nl)
• Finnish: amerikankäärmekaula (fi)
• French: anhinga d’Amérique m
• German: Amerikanische Schlangenhalsvogel m
• Navajo: Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ tłʼiishkʼosí
• Portuguese: biguatinga m, carará m, anhinga f
• Quechua: sarara
• Russian: америка́нская змееше́йка f (amerikánskaja zmeješéjka)
• Sranan Tongo: fisiman

any bird of genus Anhinga — see darter

References

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

Latin

Etymology

From Old Tupi ajíŋa, áyinga, or ayingá, possibly via Portuguese anhingá.

Noun

anhinga f (genitive anhingae); first declension

1. (zoology, New Latin) anhinga or snakebird, a member of the genus Anhinga.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	anhinga	anhingae
genitive	anhingae	anhingārum
dative	anhingae	anhingīs
accusative	anhingam	anhingās
ablative	anhingā	anhingīs
vocative	anhinga	anhingae

Synonyms

• (archaic): plotus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈɲĩ.ɡɐ/ [ɐ̃ˈj̃ĩ.ɡɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈɲĩ.ɡɐ/ [ɐ̃ˈj̃ĩ.ɡɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɲĩ.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɲĩ.ɡɐ/

Noun

anhinga f (plural anhingas)

1. anhinga (Anhinga anhinga, a bird of the Americas)

   Synonyms: biguatinga, carará