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rifle fish

rifle fish noun: any of several tropical freshwater fish of the family Toxotidae.

Noun

rifle fish (plural rifle fish)

  1. (Australia) Any of several tropical freshwater fish of the family Toxotidae.
    • The other fish Will expected could be hooked, perhaps, a few reasonable-sized freshwater sooty grunter, rifle fish or bream, if the boat was in the main water arteries coming up to the coast from the spring-fed river systems.2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 169

Forms of rifle fish

pluralrifle fish

Questions about rifle fish

What does rifle fish mean?
Rifle fish means any of several tropical freshwater fish of the family Toxotidae.
What part of speech is rifle fish?
Rifle fish is a noun.
What is the plural of rifle fish?
The plural of rifle fish is rifle fish.

Words near rifle fish in the dictionary

  1. Rifkinites
  2. Rifkins
  3. rifle
  4. rifle cartridge
  5. rifle cartridges
  6. rifle fish
  7. rifle green
  8. rifle greens
  9. rifle grenade
  10. rifle grenades
  11. rifle is fine

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