meaning of darter
1. One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts.
2. The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; -- so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See Snakebird.
3. A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See Etheostomoid.
4. a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirrels are
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