Associations to the word «Darter»

Wiktionary

DARTER, noun. A waterbird with a long neck in the family Anhingidae.
DARTER, noun. Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America.

Dictionary definition

DARTER, noun. Fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill.
DARTER, noun. A person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirrels are darters".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats