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darter



dart·er [ ˈdär-tər]



darter   
noun
[ˈdär-tər]

Definition of darter

1 : anhinga
2 : any of numerous small North American freshwater bony fishes (especially genera Ammocrypta, Etheostoma, and Percina of the family Percidae)



Recent Examples on the Web


//That total includes about 645 game fish, such as bass or sunfish, and a large number of small, non-game fish, such as shiners and minnows and the slackwater darters.
— Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al.com, "Thousands of fish killed after sewage spill in Athens," 5 June 2019
//Slackwater darters are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act and their critical habitat includes Swan Creek and a handful of other small creeks in north Alabama and Tennessee.
— Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al.com, "Thousands of fish killed after sewage spill in Athens," 5 June 2019
//Take for example the trispot darter—a small, handsome finned fish found only in a few places in the southeastern U.S.
— National Geographic, "How do we decide which species are endangered or threatened?," 22 Apr. 2019
//The rest of the fish community includes muskellunge, northern pike, white sucker, brown bullhead, yellow perch, spot-tail shiner, Johnny darter and a handful of other small species.
— Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Smith: Can the walleye population rebound in McDermott Lake if bass and panfish are reduced?," 30 June 2018
//The drought rules seek to preserve flows at Comal and San Marcos springs, which support habitat of the fountain darter and other endangered species.
— Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, "San Antonio, other cities activate Stage 1 watering restrictions," 21 May 2018
//The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the darter and ordered construction the dam halted, but Congress passed a new law granting an exception to the Tellico.
— Rachel Riederer, The New Republic, "Can Rivers Be People Too?," 9 May 2018
//Another darter was named for former Vice President Al Gore, in honor of his work on climate change.
— Richard Pyle, National Geographic, "A Fish Called Obama—Newly Discovered Species Named for President," 2 Sep. 2016
//In 2012, scientists named a small aqua and orange speckled freshwater darter endemic to a few select drainages of the Tennessee River Etheostoma Obama.
— Richard Pyle, National Geographic, "A Fish Called Obama—Newly Discovered Species Named for President," 2 Sep. 2016


First Known Use of darter

1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1



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