English Explanatory Dictionary

archerfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the species of fish in the family Toxotidae (usually with sole genus Toxotes), who prey on small animals near to the surface of a water by shooting them with water from their mouths.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-archerfish.wav

Word forms

archerfish archerfishes

Etymology

From archer + fish.

Derived words

banded archerfish big scale archerfish brackish archerfish clouded archerfish common archerfish Kimberly archerfish largescale archerfish primitive archerfish silver archerfish smallscale archerfish western archerfish zebra archerfish
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