darter

dart·er

D0032300 (där′tər)n.1. One that moves suddenly and rapidly.2. See anhinga.3. Any of various small North American freshwater fishes of the family Percidae, chiefly of the genera Ammocrypta, Etheostoma, and Percina, and sometimes brightly colored.

darter

(ˈdɑːtə) n1. (Animals) Also called: anhinga or snakebird any aquatic bird of the genus Anhinga and family Anhingidae, of tropical and subtropical inland waters, having a long slender neck and bill: order Pelecaniformes (pelicans, cormorants, etc)2. (Animals) any small brightly coloured North American freshwater fish of the genus Etheostoma and related genera: family Percidae (perches)

dart•er

(ˈdɑr tər)

n. 1. a person or thing that darts. 2. any of several small, darting, colorful North American perches. [1555–65]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	darter - fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed billanhinga, snakebirdpelecaniform seabird - large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feetgenus Anhinga - type genus of the AnhingidaeAnhinga anhinga, water turkey - blackish New World snakebird of swampy regions
	2.	darter - a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirrels are darters"animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

darter

anhinga

(ănhĭng`gə), common name for a very slender, black water bird very closely related to the cormorant. It frequents the wooded borders of freshwater lakes, rivers, and swamps in tropical and warm temperate regions—in America, from the SE United States to Cuba and Argentina; in Africa, S of the Sahara desert; in Asia, in the southern regions; and also in Australia and New Guinea. Darters (Anhinga anhinga) eat fish, crustaceans, reptiles, and insects, attacking their prey with rapierlike thrusts of their sharp beaks, whence the name darter. Another common name, snake-bird, describes the darter's habit of swimming with its body submerged and only the snakelike head and long, curved neck exposed. In the S United States darters are called water turkeys, for no apparent reason. They nest in small colonies with ibises and herons, building bulky nests lined with leaves. The helpless young are fed by regurgitation. Darters are strong fliers and migrate annually. They are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Pelecaniformes, family Anhingidae.

darter,

North American fish: see perchperch,
common name for some members of the family Percidae, symmetrical freshwater fishes of N Europe, Asia, and North America. The perches belong to the large order Perciformes (spiny-finned fishes) and are related to the sunfishes and the sea basses.
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darter

noun

Synonyms for darter

noun fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill

Synonyms

anhinga
snakebird

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pelecaniform seabird
genus Anhinga
Anhinga anhinga
water turkey

noun a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly

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animate being
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