# darter
## English
### Etymology

From dart +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

### Noun

darter (plural darters)
* One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts.
* Any member of the family Anhingidae, waterbirds with long necks.
** 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.
    Synonym: snakebird (US)
* Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America.
* Any of the similar South American (and Panamanian) freshwater fish in the characin family Crenuchidae
* (UK) Any of the dragonflies in the genus Sympetrum
    Synonym: (US) meadowhawk
* Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Arrhenes and Telicota.
* (in combination) A game of darts that is won with the specified number of darts thrown.
    With a scoring target of 501, a nine-darter is a perfect game.

#### Derived terms

* African darter (Anhinga rufa)
* amber darter (Percina antesella)
* American darter (Anhinga anhinga)
* Arkansas darter (Etheostoma cragini)
* Australasian darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
* banded darter (Sympetrum pedemontanum)
* beaded darter (Etheostoma clinton)
* black darter*
* blackbanded darter (Percina nigrofasciata)
* blackside darter (Percina maculata)
* bluebreast darter, blue-breasted darter (Poecilichthys camurus)
* blue darter*
* bluemask darter (Etheostoma akatulo)
* boulder darter (Etheostoma wapiti)
* brighteye darter (Etheostoma lynceum)
* candy darter
* Carolina darter (Etheostoma collis)
* channel darter (Percina copelandi)
* Cherokee darter (Etheostoma scotti)
* common darter (Sympetrum striolatum)
* Creole darter (Etheostoma collettei)
* crystal darter (Crystallaria asprella)
* Cumberland snubnose darter (Etheostoma atripinne)
* cypress darter (Etheostoma proeliare)
* diamond darter (Crystallaria cincotta)
* dusky darter (Percina sciera)
* duskdarter
* duskytail darter (Etheostoma percnurum)
* East Rim darter (Etheostoma orientale)
* eastern sand darter (Ammocrypta pellucida)
* fan-tailed darter, fantail darter (Etheostoma flabellare)
* firebelly darter (Etheostoma pyrrhogaster)
* fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola)
* fringed darter (Etheostoma crossopterum)
* gilt darter (Percina evides)
* goldstripe darter (Etheostoma parvipinne)
* greenside darter (Etheostoma blennioides)
* Guadalupe darter (Percina apristis)
* harlequin darter (Etheostoma histrio)
* holiday darter (Etheostoma brevirostrum)
* Indian darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
* Iowa darter (Etheostoma exile)
* Joe darter
* johnny darter (Etheostoma nigrum)
* Kentucky darter (Etheostoma rafinesquei)
* leopard darter (Percina pantherina)
* Maryland darter (Etheostoma sellare)
* mud darter (Etheostoma asprigene)
* Niangua darter (Etheostoma nianguae)
* nine-darter
* Okaloosa darter (Etheostoma okaloosae)
* orangethroat darter (Etheostoma spectabile)
* Oriental darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
* rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum)
* red-veined darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii)
* rough-belly darters (Percina spp.)
* ruddy darter (Sympetrum sanguineum)
* saddleback darter (Percina vigil)
* sand darters* (Ammocrypta spp.)
* sickle darter (Percina williamsi)
* South American darters (Crenuchidae)
* Tallapoosa darter (Etheostoma tallapoosae)
* Tippecanoe darter (Etheostoma tippecanoe)
* turquoise darter (Etheostoma inscriptum)
* vagrant darter (Sympetrum vulgatum)
* warrior darter (Etheostoma bellator)
* white-faced darter (Leucorrhinia dubia)
* yellow-winged darter (Sympetrum flaveolum)
* yellowcheek darter (Etheostoma moorei)
* sedge-darter
* snail darter
* stripetail darter
* Entry contains more terms derived from darter

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* retrad, retard, trader, R-rated, Trader, rarted, dartre, tarred

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English darter. By surface analysis, darten +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɑr.tər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: dar‧ter

### Noun

darter m (plural darters)
* a darts player, a darter