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ARCHERFISH (archerfishes)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does archerfish mean?
• ARCHERFISH (noun)
The noun ARCHERFISH has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: ARCHERFISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
archerfish; Toxotes jaculatrix
Hypernyms ("archerfish" is a kind of...):
percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)
Holonyms ("archerfish" is a member of...):
genus Toxotes; Toxotes (type genus of the Toxotidae)
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