anhinga
/ænˈhɪŋɡə/noun
anhinga is a noun meaning “Synonym of darter: any bird of the genus Anhinga” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-H-I-N-G-A, and it appears about once in every 49 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of anhinga is anhingas.
What does anhinga mean?
noun
- 1
Synonym of darter: any bird of the genus Anhinga.
- 2
A fish-eating bird (Anhinga anhinga) of the Americas with a thin, pointed bill and a long, thin neck.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce anhinga?
- /ænˈhɪŋɡə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-anhinga.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of anhinga
- anhingas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is anhinga?
Anhinga appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Anhinga in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Anhinga anhinga:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | anhinga d'Amérique |
| German | Amerikanische Schlangenhalsvogel |
| Portuguese | biguatinga, carará, anhinga |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does anhinga come from?
From taxonomic name Anhinga or Portuguese anhinga, from Old Tupi anhinga.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).