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Water turkey — Wa ter tur key (Zo[ o]l.) The American snakebird. See {Snakebird}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
water turkey — ☆ water turkey n. ANHINGA … English World dictionary
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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
water turkey — noun blackish New World snakebird of swampy regions • Syn: ↑Anhinga anhinga • Hypernyms: ↑snakebird, ↑anhinga, ↑darter * * * noun : a New World snakebird (Anhinga anhinga) * * * anhinga. Als … Useful english dictionary
water turkey — noun Date: 1836 the New World anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) … New Collegiate Dictionary
water turkey — anhinga … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
water turkey — wa′ter tur key or wa′ter•tur key n. orn anhinga • Etymology: 1830–40, amer … From formal English to slang
Turkey (bird) — For the familiar species, see Domestic turkey and Wild Turkey. For other uses, see Turkey (disambiguation). Meleagris redirects here. For other uses, see Meleagris (disambiguation). Turkey Temporal range: Early Miocene to Recent … Wikipedia
turkey — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gobbler, tom; slang, failure, flop. See birds, failure. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. turkey cock, turkey hen, bird, fowl, Thanksgiving bird, Christmas bird, gobbler, turkey gobbler, wild turkey, domestic… … English dictionary for students
Water politics — Water politics, sometimes called hydropolitics, is politics affected by water and water resources.The first use of the term, hydropolitics, came in the book by John Waterbury, entitled Hydropolitics of the Nile Valley, Syracuse University Press,… … Wikipedia
