| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Type genus of the Anhimidae; horned screamers.[Wordnet]
2. A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta).[Websters]. | |
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Date "Anhima" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Note: Anhima \An"hi*ma\, noun. [Brazilian name.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: Anhima
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] A Brazilian aquatic fowl, larger than a swan, somewhat like a crane. Its head is small, its bill black, the toes armed with long claws. But what is remarkable, is a horn growing from its forehead; and the second joint of the wing is armed with two straight triangular spurs, an inch in length. The fidelity between the male and female is so great, that when one dies, the other remains by the carcass, till it expires. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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Common Expressions: Anhima
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Anhima cornuta | Screamer having a hornlike process projecting from the forehead. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Genus Anhima | Type genus of the Anhimidae; horned screamers. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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