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darter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun darter has 2 senses
- darter(n = noun.animal) anhinga, snakebird - fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill; Array is a kind of pelecaniform seabird
- darter(n = noun.animal) Array - a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirrels are darters" is a kind of animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
is a member of genus anhinga
has particulars: anhinga anhinga, water turkey
Derived form verb dart3
OXFORD DICTIONARY
darter, n.
1 any large water-bird of the genus Anhinga, having a narrow head and long thin neck.
2 any of various small quick-moving freshwater fish of the family Percidae, native to N. America.
1 any large water-bird of the genus Anhinga, having a narrow head and long thin neck.
2 any of various small quick-moving freshwater fish of the family Percidae, native to N. America.
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