anhinga

[ an-hing-guh ]

/ ænˈhɪŋ gə /

any of various totipalmate swimming birds of the family Anhingidae, having a very long and flexible neck.

Also called snakebird, water turkey.

Origin of anhinga

1760–70; < Portuguese < Tupi ayingá

The latter, I must confess, did not seem to us so nice as the dark-colored meat of the anhinga.

Adventures of a Young Naturalist |Lucien Biart
The flesh of the anhinga is not valuable, as it is hard and tough.

Adventures of a Young Naturalist |Lucien Biart
Ripley reports the occurrence of "about a dozen anhingas (presumably Anhinga melanogaster)" at Babelthuap on 12 November 1946.

The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3 |Rollin H. Baker
It was an anhinga, one of the most singular specimens of web-footed birds that can be found anywhere.

Adventures of a Young Naturalist |Lucien Biart

He says he found a peculiar parasite in the brain of the Anhinga.

Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography [July 1897] |Various

anhinga

/ (ænˈhɪŋɡə) /

another name for darter (def. 1)

C18: via Portuguese from Tupi