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snail darter

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snail darter
n.
A small snail-eating darter (Percina tanasi) that formerly was found only in the Little Tennessee River. It was thought to have become extinct after construction of a dam, but later was discovered in several other Tennessee streams.
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Noun1.snail darter - a small snail-eating perch of the Tennessee River
perch - spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
genus Percina, Percina - a genus of Percidae


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And how environmentalists--at the highest level, not the college student next door who has no idea of what is being done in the name of being "green" --consider mankind to be an alien life form on the planet, while protection of the snail darter is to be accomplished at any cost.
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Sure, there were some silly-sounding species among the beneficiaries, including the 3-inch snail darter that stalled completion of a Tennessee Valley Authority dam.
 
 
 
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