darter

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill
noun a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly

From dart + -er.

Your darter might go farder and fare wuss! — The Entailed Hat; Or, Patty Cannon's Times, George Alfred Townsend
My darter ha' ate five, five pies to-day." — Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes, Charles Madison Curry
And Missus Winterose and her darters minds the house. — Cruel as the grave, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

snakebird, anhinga

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