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darter 音標拼音: [d'ɑrtɚ] n. 行動迅速者;漂亮的小淡水魚 行動迅速者;漂亮的小淡水魚 darter n 1: fish- eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp- pointed bill [ synonym: { snakebird}, { anhinga}, { darter}] 2: a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; " squirrels are darters" Snakebird \ Snake" bird`\, n. [ So named from its snakelike neck.] ( Zool.) 1. Any one of four species of aquatic birds of the genus { Anhinga} or { Plotus}. They are allied to the gannets and cormorants, but have very long, slender, flexible necks, and sharp bills. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The American species ({ Anhinga anhinga} syn. { Plotus anhinga}) inhabits the Southern United States and tropical America; -- called also { darter}, and { water turkey}. The Asiatic species ({ Anhinga melanogaster}) is native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Two other species inhabit Africa and Australia respectively. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) The wryneck. [ 1913 Webster]
Darter \ Dart" er\, n. 1. One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( 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}. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Zool.) A small fresh- water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See { Etheostomoid}. [ 1913 Webster]
Etheostomoid \ E` the* os" to* moid\, a. [ NL. etheostoma name of a genus - oid.] ( Zo[" o] l.) Pertaining to, or like, the genus { Etheostoma}. -- n. Any fish of the genus { Etheostoma} and related genera, allied to the perches; -- also called { darter}. The etheostomoids are small and often bright- colored fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of North America. About seventy species are known, including the rare { snail darter} ({ Percina tanasi}), 3 inches long, found only in the Tennessee River and classified as a { threatened species}. See { Darter}. [ 1913 Webster]
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