Dart"er (?), n.
1.
One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts.
2. Zool.
The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; -- so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See Snakebird.
3. Zool.
A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See Etheostomoid.
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