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archerfish

archerfish noun: 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.

archerfish: any member of the species in the family Toxotidae (principally genus Toxotes) of fish who prey on...
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Noun

archerfish (plural archerfishes or archerfish)

  1. 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.

archerfish meaning in Tamil, Malay, Indonesian and Vietnamese

archerfish in Tamil

வில்மீன், நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

archerfish in Malay

fish in the family Toxotidae
ikan sumpit

archerfish in Indonesian

fish in the family Toxotidae
ikan sumpit

archerfish in Vietnamese

fish in the family Toxotidae
cá mang rổ

Forms of archerfish

pluralarcherfishes
pluralarcherfish

Origin of archerfish

From archer + fish.

Words formed from archerfish

  • banded archerfish
  • big scale archerfish
  • brackish archerfish
  • clouded archerfish
  • common archerfish
  • Kimberly archerfish
  • largescale archerfish
  • primitive archerfish
  • silver archerfish
  • smallscale archerfish
  • western archerfish
  • zebra archerfish

Questions about archerfish

What does archerfish mean?
Archerfish means 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.
What is archerfish in Tamil?
Archerfish in Tamil is வில்மீன், நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Archerfish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is archerfish?
Archerfish is a noun.
What is the plural of archerfish?
The plural of archerfish is archerfishes.

Words near archerfish in the dictionary

  1. Archer City
  2. Archer County
  3. archer's paradox
  4. archeress
  5. archeresses
  6. archerfish
  7. archerfishes
  8. archeries
  9. archeriid
  10. archeriids
  11. archerite

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