darter
See also: Darter
English
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)
- 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.
- 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.
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)
- 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)
- 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
snakebird
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Etymology
Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). By surface analysis, darten + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɑr.tər/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dar‧ter
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