rainbow darter
noun
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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Also called soldierfish.
Origin of rainbow darter
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Words nearby rainbow darter
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