(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.
Trader
Definition:
(n.) One engaged in trade or commerce; one who makes a business of buying and selling or of barter; a merchant; a trafficker; as, a trader to the East Indies; a country trader.
(n.) A vessel engaged in the coasting or foreign trade.
Example Sentences:
(1) RBS had received complaints from two clients, in October 2010 and January 2012, about the activities of forex traders and in November 2011 one of its own traders raised concerns, which were not heeded.
(2) During evidence in chief, he said the only people who would amend a settlement or information about a trade would be "the person who knew of the transaction, who would be the trader."
(3) Many adults' work schedules limited their ability to take their children to health sites (52.2% were farmers and 18.9% were traders).
(4) Traders are predicting that the Bank of England will raise interest rates rather earlier than its forecast date of 2016.... 9.45am GMT UK industrial production beats forecasts Photograph: ONS Better news in the UK -- Britain's industrial production grew faster than expected in September, driven by manufacturing sector.
(5) The oil price tumbled by as much as $3.25 a barrel on Tuesday after the world's biggest commodity trader called the top of the market for crude and a range of other commodities – at least for the time being.
(6) In 1998, when Jeffrey Archer's son, James, and his trader friends, known as the Flaming Ferraris, took a stretch limo to their bank's Christmas party, the Sunday Telegraph could barely contain itself.
(7) The City is rife with gambling addicts whose habits contribute to a risk-prone culture of the sort which helped Kweku Adoboli lose UBS £1.5bn, according to one London trader.
(8) Key, a trader turned politician who combines a CEO-style leadership approach with a down-to-earth, sometimes goofy personal image, continues to rank by far the highest in preferred prime minister polling.
(9) Senior Yen Trader: hey ...you think we be able to convince [Primary Submitter] to change the libor today?
(10) "25 at 4 [2,500 shares at 400p each], print that quickly," shouts one trader.
(11) A series of electronic exchanges linked RBS traders to those at other banks, particularly Swiss bank UBS, who submitted rates to the Libor panel.
(12) The UK has exported more than 5m cars since 2010, marking the best start to a decade, said the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
(13) And just having clear procedures made it easier for poor, informal traders to trade."
(14) But traders today dismiss that collapse, blaming it on early errors in the experimental phase of the market.
(15) The boss of a successful US hedge fund has quit the industry with an extraordinary farewell letter dismissing his rivals as over-privileged "idiots" and thanking "stupid" traders for making him rich.
(16) Skilled manual laborers, businessmen, and traders were more likely to be infected with HIV-2 than farmers, unskilled laborers, and while collar men (p.05).
(17) They beheaded him with an axe and cut him into pieces," said Moomin Abdallah Ahmed, a Muslim trader in the Lakouanga suburb.
(18) Select traders were given the “Barclays leads”, the newspaper said, and from December 2012 to September 2013 a number of victims were persuaded to buy rare earth metals that did not exist, it is claimed.
(19) He asked "why [would a] good trader, risk manager be willing to work with us".
(20) He pointed to a group of traders and asked the company's chairman what they did.