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TOXOTES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Toxotes mean?
• TOXOTES (noun)
The noun TOXOTES has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Toxotidae
Familiarity information: TOXOTES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Toxotidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Toxotes; Toxotes
Hypernyms ("Toxotes" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Toxotes"):
archerfish; Toxotes jaculatrix (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)
Holonyms ("Toxotes" is a member of...):
family Toxotidae; Toxotidae (archerfishes)
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