(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.
Perch
Definition:
(n.) Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).
(n.) Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidae, Serranidae, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.
(n.) A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat.
(n.) A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.
(n.) In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre.
(n.) In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in measuring stonework.
(n.) A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
(v. i.) To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.
(v. t.) To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.
(v. t.) To occupy as a perch.
Example Sentences:
(1) A sensitive radioimmunoassay (RIA) for the measurement of metallothionein (MT) from perch (Perca fluviatilis) has been developed.
(2) • earthseasky.org North Zakynthos Potamitis Brothers, North Zakynthos Where to stay: Potamitis Brothers The brothers run boat trips (see below), but also own some rather special accommodation perched on the cliffs of Cape Skinari on the northern tip of Zakynthos.
(3) We tested 1,145 isolates from fresh and spoiling irradiated (0.0, 0.3, and 0.6 Mrad) yellow perch fillets for proteolytic activity, by the use of both media.
(4) In order to determine the most suitable cage environment for the squirrel monkey, a series of studies were carried out to compare various perch materials and cage configurations.
(5) Peering out from his Kremlin perch, Putin sees a European continent divided between wealthy and poor countries, between north and south, and senses an opportunity.
(6) Just a whisper between us, its about time some of the old guard got a hoot under their perch.
(7) Does he fancy winning the league again & knock Liverpool right off their perch?"
(8) Only a slight induction in monooxygenase activities was seen in perch caught near the oil spill 4 months after the accident.
(9) Those who remember the Two Davids of the 1987 SDP-Liberal Alliance will recall the exquisite agony only too well, cruelly captured by the Spitting Image puppet of little Steel perched in big Owen's pocket.
(10) Kerry McQuade whose home perched high up on Blenheim Street avoided the worst effects, said: "We had two hours of a torrential downpour, followed by continual rain, from lunchtime.
(11) The same phenomenon was observed for the perch and Crusian carp, with low nitrate concentrations, while with higher nitrate concentrations, the uptake levels were again increased.
(12) The rest of the week he drives to other city centres and commercial sites, with Emu sitting on a perch in a large wooden box in the back of the van.
(13) The separation of two isoforms of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) metallothionein was possible by DEAE-Sephadex A-25 chromatography, while only one form of perch (Perca fluviatilis) metallothionein was obtained with this method.
(14) Lines of Syrian army troops circle Qerdaha, adding an additional defence to the natural protection offered by the mountain it perches on, overlooking Latakia.
(15) Cells of the gas gland of the perch Perca fluviatilis L., stimulated to increased generation of gas by the repeated emptying of the swim-bladder, were examined in the electron microscope.
(16) The total lipid content in the muscle of perch (Perca fluviatilis) and vendace (Coregonus albula) was less than 50% of that in rainbow trout and a seasonal variation was clear only in vendace.
(17) Perched in a grove of poplars and with prayer flags stretching away on all sides, Muktinath is Nepal's second-most sacred site for Hindus after Pashupatinath , which in comparison lies rather forlornly at the end of Kathmandu's international airport runway.
(18) Therefore we suggest that this purified form of cytochrome P-450 is a BNF-induced form in perch and that it is closely related to the gene subfamily cytochrome P-450 IA1.
(19) The Five senior programme controller, Chris Shaw, said: "Ten years on from the famous perch people are still obsessing with soft furnishings and the desk.
(20) The fortress-like villages perched on rocky mountaintops we saw when we visited the north of the country are reminders that Yemen has constantly been invaded, or otherwise meddled with, by outsiders, from the Turks onwards.