name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
darter
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: D AA1 R T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts.
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noun
Meaning 3
Any member of the family Anhingidae, waterbirds with long necks.
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Synonyms: snakebird
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America.
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noun
Meaning 5
Any of the similar South American (and Panamanian) freshwater fish in the characin family Crenuchidae
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noun
Meaning 6
Any of the dragonflies in the genus Sympetrum
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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Synonyms: meadowhawk
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noun
Meaning 7
Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Arrhenes and Telicota.
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noun
Meaning 8
A game of darts that is won with the specified number of darts thrown.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds
Examples
- With a scoring target of 501, a nine-darter is a perfect game.
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noun
Meaning 9
Pronunciation spelling of daughter.
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Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
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noun
Meaning 10
a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- squirrels are darters
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Broader terms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
noun
Meaning 11
fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: snakebird, anhinga
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pelecaniform seabird
Narrower terms: water turkey, Anhinga anhinga
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dherh3- Proto-Indo-European *dhórh3-eh2 Proto-Germanic *darō Proto-Germanic *-ōþuz Proto-Germanic *darōþuz Frankish *darōþubor. Medieval Latin dardus Old French dartbor. Middle English dart English dart Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English darter From dart + -er.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Assamese: মনিয়ৰী (moniori) — snakebird
- Bulgarian: змиешийка (zmiešijka) — snakebird
- Dutch: slangenhalsvogel — snakebird
- Finnish: käärmekaula — snakebird
- German: Schlangenhalsvogel — snakebird
- Greek: τοξότης (toxótis) — snakebird
- Malayalam: ചേരക്കോഴി (cērakkōḻi) — snakebird
- Navajo: tłʼiishkʼosí — snakebird
- Russian: змеешейка (zmeješejka) — snakebird
- Vietnamese: chim cổ rắn — snakebird
- Greek: πέρκα (pérka) — fish