darter (redirected from darter dragonflies)

dart·er  (därtr)

n.

1. One that moves suddenly and rapidly.

2. See anhinga.

3. Any of various small, often brilliantly colored freshwater fishes of the family Percidae, closely related to the perches and found in eastern North America.

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darter [ˈdɑːtə]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called anhinga snakebird any aquatic bird of the genus Anhinga and family Anhingidae, of tropical and subtropical inland waters, having a long slender neck and bill: order Pelecaniformes (pelicans, cormorants, etc.)

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small brightly coloured North American freshwater fish of the genus Etheostoma and related genera: family Percidae (perches)

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Noun	1.	darter - fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill anhinga, snakebird pelecaniform seabird - large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet genus Anhinga - type genus of the Anhingidae Anhinga anhinga, water turkey - blackish New World snakebird of swampy regions
	2.	darter - a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirrels are darters" animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement