rainbow darter: Meaning and Definition of

rain'bow dart"er

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  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. Also called
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