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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Toxotes jaculatrix
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
History
From archer + fish.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
