rifle fish
/ˈrʌɪfl fɪʃ/Australian
noun
Any of several archerfishes (genus Toxotes).
Origin
Late 19th century. From rifle + fish, with allusion to the fish's method of catching insects by shooting a jet of water at them from its mouth.
- protogastric
- protogeneous
- protogenetic
- protogenic
- Protogeometric
- Proto-Germanic
- protogine
- Proto-Gospel
- protogram
- protograph
- protogynous
- protogyny
- protohaem
- protoheme
- Protohippus
- proto-historian
- proto-historic
- proto-historical
- proto-history
- proto-Hittite
- protohominid
- protohuman
- proto-ideal
- Proto-Indo-European
- proto-industrial