anhinga

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill

Word Origin

anhinga (n.)
American fishing bird (also called the snake-bird), 1769, from a Tupi word which sometimes is said to mean "snake-bird."