DARTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does darter mean? 

• DARTER (noun)
  The noun DARTER has 2 senses:

1. fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill

2. a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly

  Familiarity information: DARTER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DARTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

anhinga; darter; snakebird

Hypernyms ("darter" is a kind of...):

pelecaniform seabird (large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "darter"):

Anhinga anhinga; water turkey (blackish New World snakebird of swampy regions)

Holonyms ("darter" is a member of...):

genus Anhinga (type genus of the Anhingidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Context example:

squirrels are darters

Hypernyms ("darter" is a kind of...):

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

Derivation:

dart (move with sudden speed)