darter

See also: Darter

English

Etymology

dart +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)tə(r)

Noun

Australasian darter
(Anhinga novaehollandiae)

red-veined darter
()

darter (plural darters)

1. One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts.
2. 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)

3. Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America.
4. Any of the similar South American (and Panamanian) freshwater fish in the characin family Crenuchidae
5. (UK) Any of the dragonflies in the genus Sympetrum

   Synonym: (US) meadowhawk

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

Derived terms

• African darter (Anhinga rufa)
• amber darter ()
• American darter (Anhinga anhinga)
• Arkansas darter ()
• Australasian darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
• banded darter ()
• beaded darter ()
• black darter*
• blackbanded darter ()
• blackside darter ()
• bluebreast darter, blue-breasted darter ()
• blue darter*
• bluemask darter ()
• boulder darter ()
• brighteye darter ()
• Carolina darter ()
• channel darter ()
• Cherokee darter ()
• common darter ()
• Creole darter ()
• crystal darter ()
• Cumberland snubnose darter ()
• cypress darter ()
• diamond darter ()
• dusky darter ()
• duskytail darter ()
• East Rim darter ()
• eastern sand darter ()
• fan-tailed darter, fantail darter ()
• firebelly darter ()
• fountain darter ()
• fringed darter ()
• gilt darter ()
• goldstripe darter ()
• greenside darter ()
• Guadalupe darter ()
• harlequin darter ()
• holiday darter ()
• Indian darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
• Iowa darter ()
• Joe darter
• johnny darter ()
• Kentucky darter ()
• leopard darter ()
• Maryland darter ()
• mud darter ()
• Niangua darter ()
• Okaloosa darter ()
• orangethroat darter ()
• Oriental darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
• rainbow darter ()
• red-veined darter ()
• rough-belly darters ( spp.)
• ruddy darter ()
• saddleback darter ()
• sand darters* ( spp.)
• sickle darter ()
• South American darters ()
• Tallapoosa darter ()
• Tippecanoe darter ()
• turquoise darter ()
• vagrant darter ()
• warrior darter ()
• white-faced darter ()
• yellow-winged darter ()
• yellowcheek darter ()

* Entry contains more terms derived from darter

Translations

snakebird

• Assamese: মনিয়ৰী (moniori)
• Bulgarian: змиешийка f (zmiešijka)
• Finnish: käärmekaula (fi)
• Greek: τοξότης (el) m (toxótis)
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• Navajo: tłʼiishkʼosí
• Russian: змеешейка (ru) f (zmeješejka)

fish

• Greek: πέρκα (el) f (pérka)
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Anagrams

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