darter 音标拼音: [d'ɑrtɚ]
n . 行动迅速者;漂亮的小淡水鱼
行动迅速者;漂亮的小淡水鱼
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 .
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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 .
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Zool .)
The wryneck .
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Darter \
Dart "
er \,
n .
1 .
One who darts ,
or who throw darts ;
that which darts .
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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 }.
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1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Zool .)
A small fresh -
water etheostomoid fish .
The group includes numerous genera and species ,
all of them American .
See {
Etheostomoid }.
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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 }.
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1913 Webster ]
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