Search Result for "toxotes jaculator":

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Jaculator \Jac"u*la`tor\, [L.] 1. One who throws or casts. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) The archer fish (Toxotes jaculator). [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Archer fish \Arch"er fish`\ (Zool.) 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 Ch[ae]todon rostratus. [1913 Webster]