| NOUN | animal | Toxotes jaculatrix, archerfish | any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water |
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| Meaning | Any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia. | |
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| Synonym | archerfish | |
| Member of | Toxotes, genus Toxotes | type genus of the Toxotidae |
| Broader | percoid fish, percoid, percoidean | Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes |
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