An*he"lous (&?;), a. [L. anhelus.] Short of breath; panting.
||An"hi*ma (&?;), n. [Brazilian name.] A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta). See Kamichi.
||An*hin"ga (&?;), n. [Pg.] (Zoöl.) An aquatic bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga); the darter, or snakebird.
An*his"tous (&?;), a. [Gr. 'an priv. + "isto`s web, tissue: cf. F. anhiste.] (Biol.) Without definite structure; as, an anhistous membrane.