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dart⋅er

[dahr-ter]
–noun
1. a person or thing that darts or moves swiftly.
2. anhinga.
3. any of several small, darting, freshwater fishes of the perch family, inhabiting streams of eastern North America.

Origin:
1555–65; dart + -er 1
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an·hin·ga   (ān-hĭng'gə)   
n.  Any of a genus (Anhinga) of long-necked birds having a sharp, pointed bill and inhabiting swampy regions of tropical and subtropical America. Also called darter, snakebird, water turkey.

[Portuguese, from Tupi ayingá.]
dart·er   (där'tər)   
n.  
  1. One that moves suddenly and rapidly.

  2. See anhinga.

  3. Any of various small, often brilliantly colored freshwater fishes of the family Percidae, closely related to the perches and found in eastern North America.

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