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TOXOTES JACULATRIX
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I. (noun)
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
Synonyms:
archerfish; Toxotes jaculatrix
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Toxotes jaculatrix" is a kind of...):
percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)
Holonyms ("Toxotes jaculatrix" is a member of...):
genus Toxotes; Toxotes (type genus of the Toxotidae)