Found 3 items, similar to darter.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: dart
anak panah, lembing, melemparkan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: darter
darter
n 1: fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long
flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill [syn:
snakebird,
anhinga]
2: a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly;
“squirrels are darters”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: darter
Snakebird
\Snake"bird`\, n. [So named from its snakelike neck.]
(Zo["o]l.)
1. Any one of four species of aquatic birds of the genus
Anhinga or
Plotus. They are allied to the gannets and
cormorants, but have very long, slender, flexible necks,
and sharp bills.
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Note: The American species (
Anhinga anhinga syn.
Plotus anhinga
) inhabits the Southern United States and
tropical America; -- called also
darter, and
water turkey
. The Asiatic species (
Anhinga melanogaster)
is native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Two
other species inhabit Africa and Australia
respectively.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) The wryneck.
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Etheostomoid
\E`the*os"to*moid\, a. [NL. etheostoma name of a
genus + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Pertaining to, or like, the genus
Etheostoma. -- n. Any
fish of the genus
Etheostoma and related genera, allied to
the perches; -- also called
darter. The etheostomoids are
small and often bright-colored fishes inhabiting the fresh
waters of North America. About seventy species are known,
including the rare
snail darter (
Percina tanasi), 3
inches long, found only in the Tennessee River and classified
as a
threatened species. See
Darter.
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