anhinga
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of anhinga
1760–70; < Portuguese < Tupi ayingá
Example Sentences
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The Prospect Park anhinga is the first devil bird observed in Kings County, and only the second sighting in New York City since 1992.
From New York Times • May 4, 2023
Days before the sighting in Brooklyn, Timothy Wing spotted another anhinga outside his car window in Rome, N.Y., about 180 miles north of New York City.
From New York Times • May 4, 2023
Meet the anhinga, a large water bird with a snaky neck that has joined other high-profile vagrant birds in recent years by making a rare appearance outside of its typical migration range.
From New York Times • May 4, 2023
The anhinga in Brooklyn may be on its own, but there were earlier indications that the species had been making forays much farther north.
From New York Times • May 4, 2023
Represent to yourself an enormous duck with a neck like a swan, a bill straight, tapering, and longer than the head, webbed feet, and widely spreading and well-feathered wings, and then know the anhinga.
From Adventures of a Young Naturalist by Gillmore, Parker
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