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ani|ˈɑːniː|
[Sp. aní or Pg. ani, f. Tupi.]
A bird of the genus Crotophaga (family Cuculidæ), of which several species are found in the warmer parts of America and in the West Indies.
1829E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. VII. 476 The Ani, Crotophaga L. Are known by their thick bill. 1893Newton Dict. Birds 191 There are other eggs, as those of the Anis, Crotophaga, the Grebes, Podicipedidæ, [etc.] which are more or less covered with a cretaceous film. 1918W. Beebe Jungle Peace (1919) iii. 45 Heavy-billed anis whaleeped and fluttered clumsily ahead of us. 1964A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 170/2 The anis are medium-sized non-parasitic cuckoos with almost black plumage, long and nearly square-ended tails, and extremely heavy hooked bills. |