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Definition of Anhima
1. Noun. Type genus of the Anhimidae; horned screamers.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Anhimidae, Family Anhimidae
Member holonyms: Anhima Cornuta, Horned Screamer
Definition of Anhima
1. n. A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.
Definition of Anhima
1. Noun. A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (''Palamedea cornuta''). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anhima
Literary usage of Anhima
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oeuvres complètes de Buffon: avec les descriptions anatomiques de Daubenton by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, Daubenton (Louis-Jean-Marie), Anselme-Gaëtan Desmarest (1829)
"anhima. Pison, Hist. nat. , pag. 9i. — Aquila -Americana, nigra, aquatica, ...
anhima nigricans f « albo variegata ; vertice ex albo et nigro vario ; collo ..."
2. Analogies of Organized Beings by John Shute Duncan (1831)
"The horn of the anhima has been mentioned. To this notice may be added a singular
horn upon the head of the ..."
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