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darter

noun — 8 senses

darter

noun

Etymology From dart + -er.

7 senses
  1. 1One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts.
  2. 2Any member of the family Anhingidae, waterbirds with long necks.
  3. 3Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family…
  4. 4Any of the similar South American (and Panamanian)…
  5. 5Any of the dragonflies in the genus Sympetrum
  6. 6Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera…
  7. 7A game of darts that is won with the specified number of…
1

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

2

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

  • 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.1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552
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

6

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

7

In compounds 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
86 termsAfrican darter, amber darter, American darter, Arkansas darter, arrow darter, ashy darter, Australasian darter, Autumn darter, banded darter, Sympetrum pedemontanum), beaded darter, blackbanded darter, black darter*, blackside darter, bluebreast darter, blue-breasted darter, blue darter*, bluemask darter, blueside darter, boulder darter, brighteye darter, candy darter, Carolina darter, channel darter, Cherokee darter, cinder darter, common darter, Creole darter, crystal darter, Cumberland snubnose darter, cypress darter, diamond darter, duskdarter, dusky darter, duskytail darter, dwarf darter, eastern sand darter, East Rim darter, fan-tailed darter, fantail darter, firebelly darter, fountain darter, four-tipped darter (Sympetrum eroticum, fringed darter, gilt darter, goldstripe darter, greenside darter, Guadalupe darter, harlequin darter, holiday darter, Indian darter, Iowa darter, island darter, Joe darter, johnny darter, Kentucky darter, leopard darter, Maryland darter, mud darter, Niangua darter, nine-darter, Okaloosa darter, orangethroat darter, Oriental darter, rainbow darter, redlips darter, red-veined darter, rough-belly darter, ruddy darter, saddleback darter, sand darter*, sedge darter, sickle darter, snail darter, South American darter, southern darter, spotted darter (Sympetrum depressiusculum, stripetail darter, Tallapoosa darter, Tippecanoe darter, turquoise darter, vagrant darter, warrior darter, white-faced darter, yellowcheek darter, yellow-winged darter

darter

noun
1

Pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of daughter.

  • “Darter,” says she, “put you them there pies on the shelf, and leave ’em there a little, and they’ll come again.”1890, Joseph Jacobs, “Tom Tit Tot”, in English Fairy Tales, page 1:

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