Darter

Quick meaning: Darter is a noun meaning One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. Any member of the family Anhingidae, waterbirds with long necks.
2. Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America.
3. Any of the similar South American (and Panamanian) freshwater fish in the characin family Crenuchidae
4. (UK) Any of the dragonflies in the genus Sympetrum
5. Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Arrhenes and Telicota.
6. (in combination) A game of darts that is won with the specified number of darts thrown.
7. Pronunciation spelling of daughter.

Example Sentences

With a scoring target of 501, a nine-darter is a perfect game.

“Darter,” says she, “put you them there pies on the shelf, and leave ’em there a little, and they’ll come again.”

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.

Word Forms

• darters

Synonyms for darter

Depending on context, synonyms include snakebird, meadowhawk, anhinga.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include snakebird, anhinga, dart, stinger, sting, pygmy.

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