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rainbow darter
noun
- a stout darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, inhabiting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainages, the spawning male of which has the sides marked with oblique blue bars with red interspaces.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rainbow darter1
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
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Example Sentences
Although so abundant and so brilliant in the springtime, the rainbow darter is known to few but naturalists.
From Project Gutenberg
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