DARTER

darter

(noun) a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; “squirrels are darters”

snakebird, anhinga, darter

(noun) fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

darter (plural darters)

One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts.

Any member of the family Anhingidae, waterbirds with long necks.

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: meadowhawk

Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Arrhenes and Telicota.

Anagrams

• R-rated, Trader, dartre, retard, retrad, tarred, trader

Proper noun

Darter (plural Darters)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Darter is the 29604th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 796 individuals. Darter is most common among White (90.45%) individuals.

Anagrams

• R-rated, Trader, dartre, retard, retrad, tarred, trader

Source: Wiktionary


Dart"er, n.

1. One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See Etheostomoid.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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