The anhinga swims with only its snake-like neck above water, then spreads its wings to dry. It is read as something half-hidden, and as the need to pause after being soaked in feeling.
Does the traditional reading fit your dream, or did it mean something else to you?
My Cosmic Code has a private dream journal. Write a dream down and the app picks out the symbols in it, shows what dream books say about them and, over time, which words recur across your entries. The journal is stored on your device only.