About The Word Snakebird
Learn about the word Snakebird to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Snakebird definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Snakebird
| Snakebird Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Snakebird?
[n] fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill
Synonyms | Synonyms for Snakebird: anhinga | darter Related Terms | Find terms related to Snakebird: See Also | Anhinga anhinga | genus Anhinga | pelecaniform seabird | water turkey Snakebird In Webster's Dictionary \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.
Note: 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. (Zo["o]l.) The wryneck.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Organic compound ‐ any compound of carbon and another…
- Layup ‐ a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or…
- Teeming with(p) ‐ filled to overflowing with a vast number of moving or especially…
- Freestanding ‐ standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a…
- Cote d'ivoire ‐ a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the…
- Sphacele calycina ‐ California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white…
- Fan tracery ‐ the carved tracery on…
- Apatura ‐ large Old World…
- Hendrik verwoerd ‐ South African statesman who instituted the policy of apartheid…
- Ulysses grant ‐ 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies…