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Darter

Darter Meaning & Definition
Darter Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Darter?

[n] a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirrels are darters"
[n] fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill

Synonyms | Synonyms for Darter: anhinga | snakebird

Related Terms | Find terms related to Darter:

See Also | Anhinga anhinga | animal | animate being | beast | brute | creature | fauna | genus Anhinga | pelecaniform seabird | water turkey

Darter In Webster's Dictionary

\Dart"er\, n. 1. One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The snakebird, a water bird of the genus {Plotus}; -- so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See {Snakebird}. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See {Etheostomoid}.

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