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Meaning of "snakebird" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SNAKEBIRD

snakebird  [ˈsneɪkˌbɜːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SNAKEBIRD

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Snakebird is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SNAKEBIRD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

snakebird

Darter

The darters or snakebirds are mainly tropical waterbirds in the family Anhingidae having a single genus Anhinga. There are four living species, three of which are very common and widespread while the fourth is rarer and classified as near-threatened by the IUCN. The term "snakebird" is usually used without any additions to signify whichever of the completely allopatric species occurs in any one region. It refers to their long thin neck, which has a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged, or when mated pairs twist it during their bonding displays. "Darter" is used with a geographical term when referring to particular species. It alludes to their manner of procuring food, as they impale fishes with their thin, pointed beak. The American darter is more commonly known as the anhinga. It is sometimes called "water turkey" in the southern United States for little clearly apparent reason; though the anhinga is quite unrelated to the wild turkey, they are both large, blackish birds with long tails that are sometimes hunted for food.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SNAKEBIRD


bellbird
ˈbɛlˌbɜːd
blackbird
ˈblækˌbɜːd
bluebird
ˈbluːˌbɜːd
cockbird
ˈkɒkˌbɜːd
cowbird
ˈkaʊˌbɜːd
firebird
ˈfaɪəˌbɜːd
hummingbird
ˈhʌmɪŋˌbɜːd
ladybird
ˈleɪdɪˌbɜːd
lovebird
ˈlʌvˌbɜːd
lyrebird
ˈlaɪəˌbɜːd
mockingbird
ˈmɒkɪŋˌbɜːd
night-bird
ˈnaɪtˌbɜːd
skunkbird
ˈskʌŋkˌbɜːd
snowbird
ˈsnəʊˌbɜːd
songbird
ˈsɒŋˌbɜːd
sunbird
ˈsʌnˌbɜːd
thunderbird
ˈθʌndəˌbɜːd
tropicbird
ˈtrɒpɪkˌbɜːd
yardbird
ˈjɑːdˌbɜːd
yellowbird
ˈjɛləʊˌbɜːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SNAKEBIRD

snake eyes
snake fence
snake fly
snake in the grass
snake juice
snake mackerel
snake oil
snake pit
Snake River
snake´s head
snakebit
snakebite
snakebitten
snakefish
snakehead
snakelike
snakemouth
snakeroot
snakes and ladders
snakeskin

WORDS THAT END LIKE SNAKEBIRD

a little bird
axebird
bird
bowerbird
brain-fever bird
early bird
early-bird
fairy bluebird
get the bird
like a bird
magnificent riflebird
moosebird
mousebird
old bird
redbird
ricebird
riflebird
seabird
water bird
wattlebird

Synonyms and antonyms of snakebird in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «snakebird» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SNAKEBIRD

Find out the translation of snakebird to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of snakebird from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «snakebird» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

snakebird
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

snakebird
570 millions of speakers

English

snakebird
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

snakebird
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

snakebird
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

snakebird
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

snakebird
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

snakebird
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

snakebird
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Snakebird
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Snake
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

snakebird
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

snakebird
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Snakebird
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

snakebird
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

snakebird
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सापहेब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

snakebird
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

snakebird
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

snakebird
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

snakebird
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

snakebird
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

snakebird
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

snakebird
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

snakebird
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

snakebird
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of snakebird

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SNAKEBIRD»

The term «snakebird» is used very little and occupies the 161.061 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SNAKEBIRD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about snakebird

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SNAKEBIRD»

Discover the use of snakebird in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to snakebird and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Snakebird: thirty years of Anhinga poets
This book is as much a cultural document, a history of the small press movement in America.
Rick Campbell, C. Lynne Knight, 2004
2
Birds & Nature Magazine
SNAKEBIRD. (Anhinga anhinga.) THE AUNT JANE STORIES. V. MAY-DAY CUSTOMS. □us AISPRING LOVE. The Anhinga belongs to a very small family of birds called the Darters, which includes but four species, all inhabiting tropical and ...
‎1903
3
One Hundred Birds and how They Got Their Names
SNAKEBIRD. nakebirds have very long sinuous necks and often swim halfisubmerged, with their heads and necks pro' truding serpentlike out of the water. Indeed, to the first Euro' peans who caught sight of snake' birds swimming, they looked ...
Diana Wells, 2002
4
Birds and Nature
THE ANHINGA OR SNAKEBIRD. (An/n'nga anllinga.) THE AUNT JANE STORIES . MAY-DAY CUSTOMS. A SPRING LOVE STORY. The Anhinga belongs to a very small family of birds called the Darters, which includes but four species, ...
‎1904
5
Those Were the Days
In shifting my position slightly, I startled from a cypress one of these weird birds known as the water turkey; it is the snakebird (genus Anhinga), one of the most curious of all things that fly. It beat its way upward over the lagoon; then it decided  ...
Archibald Rutledge, 2004
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Eye in the Jungle
SNAKEBIRD AND MEDIAN EGRET I never see a darter without thinking of the Archaeopteryx! There are other birds with strange, even bizarre, looks - the spoonbill, hornbills, the florican and the fantastically mallet-like and pink flamingo , ...
M. Krishnan, Ashish Chandola, Shanthi Chandola, 2006
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The Independent
Upon general principles one would suppose that when a bird lets go its hold and falls perpendicularly from its perch to the water it is sure to be found swimming on the surface; but this rule will not apply to plotus— the snakebird— even under ...
Leonard Bacon, Joseph Parrish Thompson, Henry Ward Beecher, 1900
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Zoological Society Bulletin
Functional or adaptive radiation is beautifully illustrated by the beak of a gannet. cormorant, snakebird, and pelican — birds which are closely related to one another structurally, also having in common a fish diet, swallowing their prey whole.
‎1901
9
Not Flowers of Henna
They're a snakebird pair!” “That black bird?” “Yes, yes, that very bird! It loves to swim, that snakebird! It swims with its black beak out like a spear.” “What does it eat?” “Fish!” Mahes's eyes shone. And to keep the conversation going, he added,  ...
Kamleshwar, 2007
10
South Carolina
known as the snakebird, is plentiful in lowcountry swamps. It is called a snakebird because when partly submerged in water, its long neck and beak look and move just like a snake. FISHEAGLES When Francis Burn was a child, he used to.
Nancy Hoffman, Joyce Hart, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SNAKEBIRD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term snakebird is used in the context of the following news items.
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Snakebird development, images and history
First off, for those of you who are unfamilliar with the game; Snakebird is a simple puzzle game that uses the old snake game mechanic in a different way. «Gamasutra, Jul 15»
2
インディーズゲームの小部屋:Room#386「Snakebird
週末に熱海で一泊して,釣りをして温泉に入ってきたら,行く前よりもかえってヘロヘロになってしまった筆者がお届けする「インディーズゲームの小部屋」の第386回 ... «4Gamer.net, Jun 15»
3
高難度解謎版《貪食蛇》?獨立遊戲《Snakebird》前來挑戰你的智力!
影片中的遊戲為《Snakebird》,是一款由獨立遊戲製作團隊Noumenon Games 的作品,採用了類似《貪食蛇》的概念所打造出來的解謎遊戲,玩家必須控制像蛇又像鳥 ... «遊戲基地, Jun 15»
4
Snakebird VS Invisible Inc. VS Infinifactory VS Kerbal Space …
KSP lance un tir chargé, manque de bol, Infinifactory l'esquive, et Snakebird qui s'appretait à renvoyer un projectile de Invisible Inc. retourne par erreur le tir ... «Gameblog.fr, Jun 15»
5
Maddening PC puzzler Snakebird is coming to mobile, one day
The terrific PC puzzle game Snakebird will be getting a mobile version, says developer Noumenon Games. Just, don't expect it any time soon - "we need to learn ... «Pocket Gamer, Jun 15»
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Canard PC 319 : Le plein de Cyber
Et ce n'est pas tout puisque vous trouverez aussi pêle-mêle les tests de Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, Not a Hero, ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS, Snakebird et ... «Canard PC, May 15»
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Steam Tip: Snakebird turns Nokia classic Snake into a deadly …
Snakebird takes the basic mechanic of Nokia's Snake - eat fruit to extend a flexible reptile - and spins it into a terrific physics puzzler that will bend your brain to ... «Pocket Gamer, May 15»
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Snakebird now out on Steam, 10% off for early birds
If the answer to at least one of those questions is yes, then Snakebird might be the game for you. Solve your way through this head-scratcher of a puzzle game ... «Gamasutra, May 15»
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Naples' Corkscrew Wildlife Sanctuary provides surprises
Corkscrew Sanctuary is an amazing place, where alligators lurk under the green "lettuce lake," and jet black anhingas, "snakebirds," swim under the water's ... «The Daily Statesman, Jan 15»
10
How Do Noisy Miners Cope With Noise?
(A noisy miner, Manorina melanocephala. Alternative and more poetic names include "garrulous honey-eater," "black-headed miner," "snakebird," "cherry-eater," ... «Science 2.0, Jan 12»

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« EDUCALINGO. Snakebird [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/snakebird>. May 2024 ».
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