Ani Definition

ä-nē
anis
noun
Any of several chiefly tropical American birds of the genus Crotophaga, related to the cuckoo and having black plumage and a long tail.
American Heritage
A tropical American cuckoo bird (genus Crotophaga), generally black, with a long tail.
Webster's New World

A bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.

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Other Word Forms of Ani

Noun

Singular:
ani
Plural:
anis

Origin of Ani

  • American Spanish aní or Portuguese ani both from Tupí ani

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Portuguese or Spanish ani, both from Old Tupi.

    From Wiktionary

Ani Sentence Examples

  • They were in fact nothing better than inferior maga zines, printed from wood-blocks, issued weekly or monthly, ani giving little evidence of enterprise or intellect, though connecte with them were the names of men destined to become famous in th world of literature, as Fukuchi Genichiro, Tsji Shinji (afterward Baron TsUji) and Suzuki Yuichi.

  • We might cite the maxims of Ani in the Egyptian papyrus Prisse (XIIth dynasty).

  • From 478 to 931 they occupied Dvin in the same neighbourhood, then Aghthamar, an island in the Lake of Van, 931-967, the city of Ani, 992-1054, where are still visible the magnificent ruins of their churches and palaces.

  • The third or outermost chamber, the proctodaeum, is closed externally by the sphincter ani; the orifice is quite circular.

  • The levatores ani have been separated along the median raphe, and drawn outwards.

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Words Starting With

AANANI

Words Ending With

INIANI

Unscrambles

ani

Words Starting With A and Ending With I

Starts With A & Ends With IStarts With AN & Ends With IStarts With A & Ends With NI

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3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With A3 Letter Words Ending With I