(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:53:04

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 Chaetodon rostratus.

 

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