Darter
[dɑ:tә]
Definition
(noun.) a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; 'squirrels are darters'.
Typist: Loretta--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts.
(n.) The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; -- so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See Snakebird.
(n.) A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See Etheostomoid.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. (Ornith.) Snake-bird.
Edited by Georgina
Definition
n. a genus of birds nearly allied to cormorants heron-like in gait and gesture.
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Examples
- As little can I believe the narrative of his insolence to Apollo, where he says, 'Thou hast wronged me, O far-darter, most abominable of deities. Plato. The Republic.
- You should be draped in white robes, bear an ivory lyre, and minister to Apollo the Far-Darter. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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