snail darter

noun

Definition of snail darter

: a darter (Percina tanasi) of the Tennessee River drainage system of eastern Tennessee and northern Georgia

Examples of snail darter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The snail darter survived, transplanted to other rivers. Rachel Riederer, The New Republic, "Can Rivers Be People Too?," 9 May 2018 Boyd writes that an appellate judge hearing the case stopped taking notes and wrote a limerick about the cheeky swimmer: Who can surpass the snail darter? Rachel Riederer, The New Republic, "Can Rivers Be People Too?," 9 May 2018

First Known Use of snail darter

1975, in the meaning defined above

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