Meaning

7 senses
  1. One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts.

  2. Any member of the family Anhingidae, waterbirds with long necks.

    Schlangenhalsvogel

    змеешейкаzmeješejka

  3. Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America.

  4. Any of the similar South American (and Panamanian) freshwater fish in the characin family Crenuchidae

  5. (UK)Any of the dragonflies in the genus Sympetrum

  6. Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Arrhenes and Telicota.

  7. (in compounds)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.

More definitions
  • a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly
  • fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
snakebird:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
snakebird:

Forms

plural: darters
Singulardarter
Pluraldarters

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill:snakebirdanhinga

Word family

12 related words

See also

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