darter meaning

• Noun: darter  daa(r)tu(r)
  1. Fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill
     - snakebird, anhinga 
  2. A person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly
     "squirrels are darters"

  Derived forms: darters

  See also: dart

  Type of: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna, pelecaniform seabird

  Part of: genus Anhinga

  Encyclopedia: Darter

• blue darter:    Noun: blue darter& ...
• snail darter:    Noun: snail darter ...
• thunder-darter:     or thunˈder-maste ...

Examples

1. the darter had sounded the alarm and drawn first blood, but its day was done.
2. the snail darter is a small fish, three inches long, swift and pretty in the water but totally uninteresting out of it.
3. Phone calls to champion snail darters on bagels with cream cheese.
4. Darter vocalizations include a clicking or rattling when flying or perching.
5. The darters pair bond monogamously at least for a breeding season.