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Webster 1913 Edition
Darter
Dart′er
,Noun.
1.
One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts.
2.
(Zool.)
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.
(Zool.)
A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See
Etheostomoid
. Webster 1828 Edition
Darter
D'ARTER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
darter
darter
English
Noun
An Australian darter in the family Anhingidae.
darter (plural darters)
- A waterbird with a long neck in the family Anhingidae.
- 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:
- Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.
- 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:
- Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America.
Synonyms
- (bird): snakebird
Hyponyms
- anhinga (A. anhinga), Oriental darter (A. melanogaster)
Derived terms
Translations
snakebird
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