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Fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill
Answer for the clue "Fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill ", 6 letters:
darter
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A waterbird with a long neck in the family Anhingidae. 2 Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America.
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The fish popularly known as darters are small, perch -like fish found in freshwater streams in North America. They are members of the family Percidae and include members of the Ammocrypta , Crystallaria , Etheostoma and Percina genera . Some darters are ...
Usage examples of darter.
She pulled clear the holster flap and loosened her darter, engaged the lanyard that would keep the weapon tied to her even through spills and tumbles, moved on, laughing a little at herself, prowling through an embroidered garden.
She wrinkled her nose and slipped her darter from the snap-flap holster, checked the charge and the paralevel.
She slid the darter into the holster, unclipped the spring lanyard, snapped the flap down, and reached for the trunk.
She shrugged the sling onto her shoulder and started from the room, her darter in her hand, the lanyard engaged.
The sword hilts digging into her side, she brought the darter up and around, more by instinct than will, then sprayed the hall with darts.
She kept the darter on Telka and made sure the Min knew she was keeping an eye on her.
The arms blocked easy access to the darter so she slid forward until she was sitting on the edge of the seat.
With the para-jellies for the darter, glass floats and wax and her tool kit, she contrived some neat little gas bombs.
She touched the handgrip of the darter, none of the Chalarosh knew it was a weapon.
Pegwai and the other Aggitj rolled from their blankets and leaped to stand in a circle about the Boy, Skeen on her feet, darter out.
Skeen set the darter for bursts, rose to her feet and put a burst in each of them, part of the burst hitting them in the faces.
He put the pick away, shook the darter again, peered down the front end.
She held out the belt, took back the darter for a moment while Skeen buckled it on.
Sitting somewhere with an unobstructed view of Angelsin: Skeen or Timka or Pegwai, depending on whose watch it is, armed with the darter, alert, ready to down the Funor woman the moment she gives them half an excuse.
She took the darter from its holster, unsnapped the lanyard from the loop in its butt and drew the ring across the stone wall at her side making a small grating sound.