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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ænˈhɪŋɡə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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

Illustration in Historia Naturalis Brasiliae

Alternative forms

Historical spellings
Marcgrave (1648)	anhinga

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

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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Descendants

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɲĩ.ɡɐ/

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

Noun

anhinga f (plural anhingas)

2. anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)

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

Further reading

• “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