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Archerfish

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Noun

1. archerfish, toxotes jaculatrix

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Archerfish

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noun plural -fish or -fishes
any freshwater percoid fish of the family Toxotidae of S and SE Asia and Australia, esp Toxotes jaculatrix, that catch insects by spitting water at them

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Archerfish

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nounWord forms: plural ˈarcherˌfish or ˈarcherˌfishes
any of a family (Toxotidae) of freshwater percoid fish of Australasia

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Archerfish

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n. pl. archerfish or arch·er·fish·es
Any of several fishes of the family Toxotidae that prey on insects by knocking them off vegetation with a jet of water shot from the mouth.

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