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Definition of Snakebird

1. Noun. Fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill.

Definition of Snakebird

1. n. 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.

Definition of Snakebird

1. Noun. Any long-necked waterbird in the family Anhingidae ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Snakebird

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Medical Definition of Snakebird

1. 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. The American species (Anhinga, or Plotus, anhinga) inhabits the Southern United States and tropical America; called also darter, and water turkey. The Asiatic species (A. Melanogaster) is native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Two other species inhabit Africa and Australia respectively. 2. The wry neck. Origin: So named from its snakelike neck. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Snakebird

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Preliminary Catalog of the Birds of Missouri by Otto Widmann (1907)
"... the snakebird, the Canada Goose, several kinds of ducks and herons, the Bald Eagle and Osprey, in fact like most birds of larger size, disappear and ..."

2. A Preliminary Catalog of the Birds of Missouri by Otto Widmann (1907)
"... the snakebird, the Canada Goose, several kinds of ducks and herons, the Bald Eagle and Osprey, in fact like most birds of larger size, disappear and ..."

3. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"... frequently leaving the long, thin neck and narrow, pointed head above the surface, when one at once observes the origin of the name "snakebird. ..."

4. Wild Birds Protection Acts, 1880-1896 by James Robert Vernam Marchant, Watkin Watkins (1897)
"The Wild Birds Protection Act, 1880, shall apply within the whole of the county of Wilts, to the Wryneck (Cuckoo's Mate, snakebird), Swallow, ..."

5. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Keys to the Species, and by Frank Michler Chapman (1895)
"ANHINGA; snakebird; WATER TURKEY. (See Fig. 13.) Ad. $ in summer.—General plumage glossy black with greenish reflections; back of the head and neck with ..."

6. The National Zoological Park: A Popular Account of Its Collections by Ned Hollister (1919)
"A near relative of the cormorant is the snakebird, darter, ... only the head and neck appearing above the water—hence the common name of snakebird. ..."

7. Color Key to North American Birds: With Bibliographical Appendix by Frank Michler Chapman, Chester Albert Reed (1912)
"Ad. tf. Black; grayish head and neck plumes which, in winter, are absent. Aa. 118. Anhinga; snakebird; Water Turkey C.-tn- ?. Resembles male but whole head ..."

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