anhinga

See also: Anhinga

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Etymology

From New Latin anhinga or Portuguese anhinga, from Old Tupi anhinga.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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.

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 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
• Category:Anhinga anhinga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Old Tupi

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

anhinga (unpossessable)

1. (hapax legomenon) anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)

   Synonym: migûá

Descendants

• Nheengatu: anhinga
• → Portuguese: anhinga
• → Translingual: Anhinga, Anhinga anhinga(Please either change this template to {{desc}} or insert a ====Descendants==== section in Anhinga#Translingual)(Please either change this template to {{desc}} or insert a ====Descendants==== section in Anhinga anhinga#Translingual)

References

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

Further reading

• 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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi anhinga.

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/

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

Noun

anhinga f (plural anhingas)

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

   Synonyms: biguatinga, carará

Further reading

• “anhinga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “anhinga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “anhinga”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025