Darter

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

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.”

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