darter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: darter	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for darter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
darter n fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill Synonym(s): snakebird, anhinga, darter a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirrels are darters"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snakebird \Snake"bird`\, n. [So named from its snakelike neck.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of four species of aquatic birds of the genus {Anhinga} or {Plotus}. They are allied to the gannets and cormorants, but have very long, slender, flexible necks, and sharp bills. Note: The American species ({Anhinga, [or] Plotus, anhinga}) inhabits the Southern United States and tropical America; -- called also {darter}, and {water turkey}. The Asiatic species ({A. melanogaster}) is native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Two other species inhabit Africa and Australia respectively. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The wryneck.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Etheostomoid \E`theos"tomoid\, a. [NL. etheostoma name of a genus + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to, or like, the genus {Etheostoma}. -- n. Any fish of the genus {Etheostoma} and related genera, allied to the perches; -- also called {darter}. The etheostomoids are small and often bright-colored fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of North America. About seventy species are known. See {Darter}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Darter \Dart"er\, n. 1. One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The snakebird, a water bird of the genus {Plotus}; -- so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See {Snakebird}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See {Etheostomoid}.