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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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