archerfish en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From archer + fish.
Meanings
- Any member of the species in the family Toxotidae (principally genus Toxotes) of fish who prey on small animals near to the surface of a water by shooting them with water from their mouths.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| archerfish | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| archerfishes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
big scale archerfish · zebra archerfish · Kimberly archerfish · common archerfish · brackish archerfish · clouded archerfish · primitive archerfish · largescale archerfish · western archerfish · silver archerfish · smallscale archerfish · banded archerfish
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Translations (10)
vi cá mang rổ (fish in the family Toxotidae) · pl strzelczyk (fish in the family Toxotidae) · id ikan sumpit (fish in the family Toxotidae) · ru рыба-брызгу́н (fish in the family Toxotidae) · pt peixe-arqueiro (fish in the family Toxotidae) · fr poisson archer (fish in the family Toxotidae) · ms ikan sumpit (fish in the family Toxotidae) · nl schuttersvis (fish in the family Toxotidae) · ja 鉄砲魚 (fish in the family Toxotidae) · de Schützenfisch (fish in the family Toxotidae)