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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Archer fish

/är'-chẽr fĭsh/ · Arch·er fish · IPA
01 A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is…
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    A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chætodon rostratus.(Zool.)