snakebird

Noun

snake=bird

WORDNET DICTIONARY

snakebird(n = noun.animal) anhinga, darter - fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill;

is a kind of pelecaniform seabird

is a member of genus anhinga

has particulars: anhinga anhinga, water turkey

snakebird, n. [So named from its snakelike neck.].

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, and sharp bills. [1913 Webster]
" The American species (Anhinga anhinga syn. Plotus anhinga) inhabits the Southern United States and tropical America; -- called also darter, and water turkey. The Asiatic species (Anhinga melanogaster) is native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Two other species inhabit Africa and Australia respectively." [1913 Webster]
The wryneck. [1913 Webster]