Dart″er (?), n. 1. One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts.
2. (Zoöl.) 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. (Zoöl.) A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See Etheostomoid.