snail darter

2 definitions found

snail darter - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Etheostomoid \E`the*os"to*moid\, a. [NL. etheostoma name of a
     genus + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
     Pertaining to, or like, the genus Etheostoma. -- n. Any
     fish of the genus Etheostoma and related genera, allied to
     the perches; -- also called darter. The etheostomoids are
     small and often bright-colored fishes inhabiting the fresh
     waters of North America. About seventy species are known,
     including the rare snail darter (Percina tanasi), 3
     inches long, found only in the Tennessee River and classified
     as a threatened species. See Darter.
     [1913 Webster]

snail darter - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  snail darter
      n 1: a small snail-eating perch of the Tennessee River [syn:
           snail darter, Percina tanasi]