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/dˈɑrtər/ Listen

noun

Darter n.

One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts.

(Zool.) The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See Snakebird.

(Zool.) A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See Etheostomoid.

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... "Darter," says she, "put you them there pies on the shelf, and leave 'em there a little, and they'll come again."—She meant, you know, ...

— English Fairy Tales • Joseph Jacobs (coll. & ed.)

... Robertson's cook, an' her darter, Callie, was his housekeeper, an' George an' Walter was mechanics. George ...

— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Mississippi Narratives • Works Projects Administration

... be sure! that is a surprise! I knowed the judge was a- going to see his darter; but I had no idee that you was a-going 'long of him," ...

— Self-Raised • Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

... along the banks; and on every dead tree and piece of rock may be seen one or two species of the web-footed 'Plotus', darter, or snake-bird. They sit most of the day sunning themselves over the stream, sometimes standing erect with their wings outstretched; occasionally they may be seen engaged in fishing by diving, and, as they swim about, their bodies are so much ...

— Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa - Journeys and Researches in South Africa • David Livingstone

... parson said to me t'other daa, "John," sez he, "din't yeou nivver hev a darter?" "Sar," sez I, "I had one once, but she ha' been dead close on thatty years." And then I towd him about my ...

— Two Suffolk Friends • Francis Hindes Groome

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