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