darter
darter noun: one who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts. Also the pronunciation spelling of daughter.
Noun
darter (plural darters)
- One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts.
- Any member of the family Anhingidae, waterbirds with long necks.
- Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552
- Synonyms:
- snakebird
- Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America.
- Any of the similar South American (and Panamanian) freshwater fish in the characin family Crenuchidae
- Any of the dragonflies in the genus Sympetrum
- Synonyms:
- meadowhawk
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Arrhenes and Telicota.
- A game of darts that is won with the specified number of darts thrown.
- With a scoring target of 501, a nine-darter is a perfect game.
Proper noun capitalized: Darter
Darter (plural Darters)
- A surname.
Also used as
darter is also the pronunciation spelling of daughter.
darter meaning in Malayalam, Assamese and Vietnamese
darter in Malayalam
- snakebird
- ചേരക്കോഴി cērakkōḻi
darter in Assamese
- snakebird
- মনিয়ৰী moniori
darter in Vietnamese
- snakebird
- chim cổ rắn
Synonyms of darter
Forms of darter
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | darters |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Darters |
Origin of darter
From dart + -er.
Words formed from darter
- African darter
- amber darter
- American darter
- Arkansas darter
- arrow darter
- ashy darter
- Australasian darter
- Autumn darter
- banded darter
- Sympetrum pedemontanum)
- beaded darter
- blackbanded darter
- black darter*
- blackside darter
- bluebreast darter
- blue-breasted darter
- blue darter*
- bluemask darter
- blueside darter
- boulder darter
- brighteye darter
- candy darter
- Carolina darter
- channel darter
- Cherokee darter
- cinder darter
- common darter
- Creole darter
- crystal darter
- Cumberland snubnose darter
- cypress darter
- diamond darter
- duskdarter
- dusky darter
- duskytail darter
- dwarf darter
- eastern sand darter
- East Rim darter
- fan-tailed darter
- fantail darter
- firebelly darter
- fountain darter
- four-tipped darter (Sympetrum eroticum
- fringed darter
- gilt darter
- goldstripe darter
- greenside darter
- Guadalupe darter
- harlequin darter
- holiday darter
- Indian darter
- Iowa darter
- island darter
- Joe darter
- johnny darter
- Kentucky darter
- leopard darter
- Maryland darter
- mud darter
- Niangua darter
Phrases with darter
Words that rhyme with darter
Questions about darter
- What does darter mean?
- Darter means one who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts.
- What is darter in Malayalam?
- Darter in Malayalam is ചേരക്കോഴി (cērakkōḻi). See Darter meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is darter?
- Darter can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of darter?
- The plural of darter is darters.
Words near darter in the dictionary
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