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Meaning of Darter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts.
  2. A surname.
  3. Any member of the family Anhingidae, waterbirds with long necks.
  4. Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America.
  5. Any of the similar South American (and Panamanian) freshwater fish in the characin family Crenuchidae
  6. Any of the dragonflies in the genus Sympetrum
    UK
  7. Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Arrhenes and Telicota.
  8. A game of darts that is won with the specified number of darts thrown.
    in-compounds

Equivalents

العربية القاذف زق
Ελληνικά πέρκα τοξότης
മലയാളം ചേരക്കോഴി
Nederlands slangenhalsvogel
Русский змеешейка
Tiếng Việt chim cổ rắn

Examples

“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.”
“(US)”
“With a scoring target of 501, a nine-darter is a perfect game.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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