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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: water turkey
water turkey
n : blackish New World snakebird of swampy regions [syn:
Anhinga anhinga
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: water turkey
Snakebird
\Snake"bird`\, n. [So named from its snakelike neck.]
(Zo["o]l.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.) The wryneck.
[1913 Webster]
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