(n.) One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts.
(n.) The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; -- so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See Snakebird.
(n.) A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See Etheostomoid.
Example Sentences:
(1) Histochemical and ultrastructural studies were conducted on the metacercarial cyst of the cryptogonimid trematode Bolbogonotylus corkumi from the muscle tissue of fantail darters Etheostoma flabellare.
(2) "It took a lot of bottle for me to keep my courage after I'd done that nine-darter.
(3) There are reports from South Yorkshire of common darter dragonflies on sunny days this month, toads and frogs that would usually be hibernating were seen last week, and there was a rare sighting for so far north of a Cetti's warbler ; and as well as the swallow at Saltholme, RSPB staff there spotted dragonflies in the wildlife garden and pondskaters, which should also be hidden away in sheds and tree cracks for the winter.
(4) The 25-year-old from Stoke, schooled in the game by the 15-time winner Phil Taylor, racked up the first nine-darter in a world final as he lifted his first PDC crown.
(5) Finally, the fallacy of the 'snail darter syndrome', where species may be viewed as too insignificant to worry about, is exposed by consideration of the pharmacological activities of a sea hare (a shell-less marine mollusc) and various leeches.
Dater
Definition:
(n.) One who dates.
Example Sentences:
(1) It seems to be working: nearly a quarter of online daters have met a long-term partner or spouse through the sites.
(2) To avoid these problems, im gegenteil takes a refreshingly different approach: each profile features a portfolio of pictures shot by Müller that have been taken in and around the hopeful's home – the style could be described as studied yet casual – of the dater relaxing on their sofa or brewing a coffee.
(3) He can actually be quite good company, but he has a bit of a temper when things don’t go his way.” Once a serial dater, Nick settled down when he met former Neighbours actor Holly Valance in 2009.
(4) Although both continuing and noncontinuing couples showed a decrease in the correlation between the love that members reported, this was offset in continuing daters by increasingly similar reports of reward, equity, and liking.
(5) While many folks still hold a low opinion of internet daters, the cultural tides are turning, and romances kindled online are increasingly mainstream.
(6) Mozilla, the maker of the popular Firefox browser, was under fire for hiring Brendan Eich as CEO because of his $1,000 donation in support of Prop 8 six years ago, and OKCupid decided to make a political statement of its own by splashing a message criticizing Mozilla before would-be daters could get to OKCupid's front page.
(7) So I began a month-long experiment, analysing the profiles of popular online daters and their behaviour on dating sites.
(8) In 2013, 60% of Americans reported to the Pew Internet and American Life Project that they felt online dating was a good way to meet people – up 16% from the year of Match's launch – and 22% of 25- to 35-year-old Americans classified themselves as "online daters".
(9) While there are folks who get bent of out shape when their message goes unanswered – newsflash: there are crazy people on the internet – most online daters recognize that every message is a shot in the dark, and no one is obligated to respond unless they're similarly interested.
(10) There's even a term for the premature commitment that casual daters sometimes enter into when they're spurred mostly by the impulse to get away from flatmates: such couples are "Brooklyn married".
(11) How do they assess the purging of incidents – one thinks, for example, of extravagant investment in sadistic sex parties – that might, if accessible, deter an internet dater?