Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of fishes, typical of the family Toxotidæ; the archer-fishes. See cut under
archerfish .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of fishes comprising the archer fishes. See
archer fish .
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- noun Any fish of
genus Toxotes, thearcherfishes . - noun historical A
Greek archer armed with a short Greekbow and a shortsword .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Toxotidae
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek τοξότης (toksοtēs, "bowman, archer").
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