darter

See also: Darter

English

Etymology

dart +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

Noun

Australasian darter
(Anhinga novaehollandiae)

red-veined darter
(Sympetrum fonscolombii)

darter (plural darters)

1. One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts.
2. Any member of the family Anhingidae, waterbirds with long necks.
   • 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:

     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.

   Synonym: snakebird (US)

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

   Synonym: (US) meadowhawk

6. Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Arrhenes and Telicota.
7. (in combination) 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

• African darter (Anhinga rufa)
• amber darter (Percina antesella)
• American darter (Anhinga anhinga)
• Arkansas darter (Etheostoma cragini)
• Australasian darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
• banded darter (Sympetrum pedemontanum)
• beaded darter (Etheostoma clinton)
• black darter*
• blackbanded darter (Percina nigrofasciata)
• blackside darter (Percina maculata)
• bluebreast darter, blue-breasted darter (Poecilichthys camurus)
• blue darter*
• bluemask darter (Etheostoma akatulo)
• boulder darter (Etheostoma wapiti)
• brighteye darter (Etheostoma lynceum)
• Carolina darter (Etheostoma collis)
• channel darter (Percina copelandi)
• Cherokee darter (Etheostoma scotti)
• common darter (Sympetrum striolatum)
• Creole darter (Etheostoma collettei)
• crystal darter (Crystallaria asprella)
• Cumberland snubnose darter (Etheostoma atripinne)
• cypress darter (Etheostoma proeliare)
• diamond darter (Crystallaria cincotta)
• dusky darter (Percina sciera)
• duskytail darter (Etheostoma percnurum)
• East Rim darter (Etheostoma orientale)
• eastern sand darter (Ammocrypta pellucida)
• fan-tailed darter, fantail darter (Etheostoma flabellare)
• firebelly darter (Etheostoma pyrrhogaster)
• fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola)
• fringed darter (Etheostoma crossopterum)
• gilt darter (Percina evides)
• goldstripe darter (Etheostoma parvipinne)
• greenside darter (Etheostoma blennioides)
• Guadalupe darter (Percina apristis)
• harlequin darter (Etheostoma histrio)
• holiday darter (Etheostoma brevirostrum)
• Indian darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
• Iowa darter (Etheostoma exile)
• Joe darter
• johnny darter (Etheostoma nigrum)
• Kentucky darter (Etheostoma rafinesquei)
• leopard darter (Percina pantherina)
• Maryland darter (Etheostoma sellare)
• mud darter (Etheostoma asprigene)
• Niangua darter (Etheostoma nianguae)
• nine-darter
• Okaloosa darter (Etheostoma okaloosae)
• orangethroat darter (Etheostoma spectabile)
• Oriental darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
• rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum)
• red-veined darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii)
• rough-belly darters (Percina spp.)
• ruddy darter (Sympetrum sanguineum)
• saddleback darter (Percina vigil)
• sand darters* (Ammocrypta spp.)
• sickle darter (Percina williamsi)
• South American darters (Crenuchidae)
• Tallapoosa darter (Etheostoma tallapoosae)
• Tippecanoe darter (Etheostoma tippecanoe)
• turquoise darter (Etheostoma inscriptum)
• vagrant darter (Sympetrum vulgatum)
• warrior darter (Etheostoma bellator)
• white-faced darter (Leucorrhinia dubia)
• yellow-winged darter (Sympetrum flaveolum)
• yellowcheek darter (Etheostoma moorei)
• sedge-darter
• snail darter
• stripetail darter

* Entry contains more terms derived from darter

Translations

snakebird

• Assamese: মনিয়ৰী (moniori)
• Bulgarian: змиешийка f (zmiešijka)
• Dutch: slangenhalsvogel (nl) m
• Finnish: käärmekaula (fi)
• German: Schlangenhalsvogel m
• Greek: τοξότης (el) m (toxótis)
• Malayalam: ചേരക്കോഴി (cērakkōḻi)
• Navajo: tłʼiishkʼosí
• Russian: змеешейка (ru) f (zmeješejka)
• Vietnamese: chim cổ rắn

fish

• Greek: πέρκα (el) f (pérka)

Anagrams

• R-rated, Trader, dartre, retrad, tarred, trader

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English darter. By surface analysis, darten +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑr.tər/

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• Hyphenation: dar‧ter

Noun

darter m (plural darters)

1. A darts player, a darter.