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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" Quotes from Famous Books

... good jobs we can find right here in Farewell," dodged Racey. "And vicinity," he amended. "Yep, Swing, old-timer, I'll bet the Bar S or the Cross-in-a-box would hire us just too quick. Shore they would. It ain't every day they get a chance at a jo-darter ...

— The Heart of the Range • William Patterson White

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... possession of his darter too, without so much as a Chancery suit. But what is to satisfy me, Squire, agin goin' ...

— Erema - My Father's Sin • R. D. Blackmore

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... him, hadn't you. Buss him, call him brother, hug him, give him the "Abolition" kiss, write an article on slavery, like Dickens; marry him to a white gall to England, get him a saint's darter with a good fortin, and well soon see whether her father was a talkin' cant or no, about niggers. Cuss 'em, let any o' these Britishers give me slack, and I'll give 'em cranberry for their goose, I know. I'd jump right down their throat with spurs on, ...

— The Attache - or, Sam Slick in England, Complete • Thomas Chandler Haliburton

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Words linked to "Darter" : creature, fauna, anhinga, animate being, genus Anhinga, dart, beast, water turkey