Definition of "darter" in İngilizce

noun

1. One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts.

2. Any member of the family Anhingidae, waterbirds with long necks.

   • Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.
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3. Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America.

4. Any of the similar South American (and Panamanian) freshwater fish in the characin family Crenuchidae

5. (UK) Any of the dragonflies in the genus Sympetrum

6. Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Arrhenes and Telicota.

7. (in combination) A game of darts that is won with the specified number of darts thrown.

   • With a scoring target of 501, a nine-darter is a perfect game.