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snakebird
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Snakebird
(gcide) | Snakebird \Snake"bird`\, n. [So named from its snakelike neck.]
(Zool.)
1. Any one of four species of aquatic birds of the genus
Anhinga or Plotus. They are allied to the gannets and
cormorants, but have very long, slender, flexible necks,
and sharp bills.
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Note: The American species (Anhinga anhinga syn. {Plotus
anhinga}) inhabits the Southern United States and
tropical America; -- called also darter, and {water
turkey}. The Asiatic species (Anhinga melanogaster)
is native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Two
other species inhabit Africa and Australia
respectively.
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2. (Zool.) The wryneck.
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snakebird
(gcide) | Wryneck \Wry"neck\, n. (Med.)
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1. A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck
is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the
muscles of the neck; torticollis.
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2. a person suffering from torticollis.
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3. (Zool.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of
the genus Jynx or subfamily Jynginae, allied to the
woodpeckers; especially, the common European species
(Jynx torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning
the neck around in different directions. Called also
cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird,
and writheneck.
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snakebird
(wn) | snakebird
n 1: fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long
flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill [syn:
snakebird, anhinga, darter] |
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Snakebird
(gcide) | Snakebird \Snake"bird`\, n. [So named from its snakelike neck.]
(Zool.)
1. Any one of four species of aquatic birds of the genus
Anhinga or Plotus. They are allied to the gannets and
cormorants, but have very long, slender, flexible necks,
and sharp bills.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The American species (Anhinga anhinga syn. {Plotus
anhinga}) inhabits the Southern United States and
tropical America; -- called also darter, and {water
turkey}. The Asiatic species (Anhinga melanogaster)
is native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Two
other species inhabit Africa and Australia
respectively.
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2. (Zool.) The wryneck.
[1913 Webster]Wryneck \Wry"neck\, n. (Med.)
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1. A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck
is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the
muscles of the neck; torticollis.
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2. a person suffering from torticollis.
[PJC]
3. (Zool.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of
the genus Jynx or subfamily Jynginae, allied to the
woodpeckers; especially, the common European species
(Jynx torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning
the neck around in different directions. Called also
cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird,
and writheneck.
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