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rainbow darter

noun

  1. a stout darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, inhabiting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainages, the spawning male of which has the sides marked with oblique blue bars with red interspaces.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rainbow darter1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

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