darter noun. ['dɑ:tǝ] M16.
[from DART verb + -ER¹.]
I.
1. A person who throws or shoots darts. Now usu. Hist. M16.

2. A person who or thing which darts or moves swiftly. E19.

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darter
II.
3. = DART noun 2. E17-E19.

4. Any of a number of long-necked fish-eating birds of the genus Anhinga, esp. of any of the Old World species. Cf. ANHINGA. L18.

5. Any of numerous small quick-moving N. American percid fishes belonging to the genus Etheostoma and related genera. M19.

6. In full darter dragonfly. A dragonfly that darts to and fro from a particular perch when flying; spec. = LIBELLULID. M20.

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