darter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Forms: form: darters
Etymology: From dart + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552
text: (US)
synonyms: snakebird
glosses: Any member of the family Anhingidae, waterbirds with long necks.
glosses: Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America.
glosses: Any of the similar South American (and Panamanian) freshwater fish in the characin family Crenuchidae
synonyms: meadowhawk
glosses: Any of the dragonflies in the genus Sympetrum
glosses: Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Arrhenes and Telicota.
examples: text: With a scoring target of 501, a nine-darter is a perfect game.
glosses: A game of darts that is won with the specified number of darts thrown.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Anhinga rufa
word: African darter
taxonomic: Percina antesella
word: amber darter
taxonomic: Anhinga anhinga
word: American darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma cragini
word: Arkansas darter
taxonomic: Anhinga novaehollandiae
word: Australasian darter
taxonomic: Sympetrum pedemontanum
word: banded darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma clinton
word: beaded darter
taxonomic: Percina nigrofasciata
word: blackbanded darter
word: black darter*
taxonomic: Percina maculata
word: blackside darter
word: bluebreast darter
alt: Poecilichthys camurus
word: blue-breasted darter
word: blue darter*
taxonomic: Etheostoma akatulo
word: bluemask darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma wapiti
word: boulder darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma lynceum
word: brighteye darter
word: candy darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma collis
word: Carolina darter
taxonomic: Percina copelandi
word: channel darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma scotti
word: Cherokee darter
taxonomic: Sympetrum striolatum
word: common darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma collettei
word: Creole darter
taxonomic: Crystallaria asprella
word: crystal darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma atripinne
word: Cumberland snubnose darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma proeliare
word: cypress darter
taxonomic: Crystallaria cincotta
word: diamond darter
word: duskdarter
taxonomic: Percina sciera
word: dusky darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma percnurum
word: duskytail darter
taxonomic: Ammocrypta pellucida
word: eastern sand darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma orientale
word: East Rim darter
word: fan-tailed darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma flabellare
word: fantail darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma pyrrhogaster
word: firebelly darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma fonticola
word: fountain darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma crossopterum
word: fringed darter
taxonomic: Percina evides
word: gilt darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma parvipinne
word: goldstripe darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma blennioides
word: greenside darter
taxonomic: Percina apristis
word: Guadalupe darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma histrio
word: harlequin darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma brevirostrum
word: holiday darter
taxonomic: Anhinga melanogaster
word: Indian darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma exile
word: Iowa darter
word: Joe darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma nigrum
word: johnny darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma rafinesquei
word: Kentucky darter
taxonomic: Percina pantherina
word: leopard darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma sellare
word: Maryland darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma asprigene
word: mud darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma nianguae
word: Niangua darter
word: nine-darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma okaloosae
word: Okaloosa darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma spectabile
word: orangethroat darter
taxonomic: Anhinga melanogaster
word: Oriental darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma caeruleum
word: rainbow darter
taxonomic: Sympetrum fonscolombii
word: red-veined darter
taxonomic: Percina spp.
word: rough-belly darter
taxonomic: Sympetrum sanguineum
word: ruddy darter
taxonomic: Percina vigil
word: saddleback darter
taxonomic: Ammocrypta spp.
word: sand darters*
word: sedge-darter
taxonomic: Percina williamsi
word: sickle darter
word: snail darter
english: Crenuchidae
translation: Crenuchidae
word: South American darter
word: stripetail darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma tallapoosae
word: Tallapoosa darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma tippecanoe
word: Tippecanoe darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma inscriptum
word: turquoise darter
taxonomic: Sympetrum vulgatum
word: vagrant darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma bellator
word: warrior darter
taxonomic: Leucorrhinia dubia
word: white-faced darter
taxonomic: Etheostoma moorei
word: yellowcheek darter
taxonomic: Sympetrum flaveolum
word: yellow-winged darter