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Definition of Darters

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Snakebird Snake"bird`, n. [So named from its snakelike neck.] (Zo["o]l.) 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. Note: The American species (Anhinga, or Plotus, anhinga) inhabits the Southern United States and tropical America; -- called also darter, and water turkey. The Asiatic species (A. melanogaster) is native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Two other species inhabit Africa and Australia respectively. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The wryneck.
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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. See Darter.
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Darter Dart"er, n. 1. One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; -- so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See Snakebird. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See Etheostomoid.

Meaning of Darters from wikipedia

- diving. To dry their feathers after diving, darters move to a safe location and spread their wings. Darters go through a synchronous moult of all their...
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- became the first televised tournament to witness two nine-darters when Phil Taylor's nine-dart finish against Raymond van Barneveld was matched the following...
- himself acknowledged that genetic affinities between snail darters and stargazing darters would be instrumental in fully understanding their degree of...
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- novaehollandiae) darters. These were for sometime treated as subspecies of Anhinga melanogaster. The Oriental darter differs in appearance from American darters most...
- as AIS Canberra Darters. The AIS and Netball ACT subsequently entered separate teams in the Australian Netball League. Canberra Darters were the Netball...
- contributing to speciation in darters. Speciation events are common across species of this subfamily, one example includes Barch**** darters, an ancient monophyletic...
- for the ****ure of fountain darters is the parasitic, non-native trematode (Centrocestus formos****), whose impact on the darter po****tion is not yet known...