HyperDic: toxotes_jaculatrix

English > 1 sense of the expression Toxotes jaculatrix:
NOUNanimalToxotes jaculatrix, archerfishany of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water
English > Toxotes jaculatrix: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia.
Synonymarcherfish
Member ofToxotes, genus Toxotestype genus of the Toxotidae
Broaderpercoid fish, percoid, percoideanAny of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

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