Toxotes

See also: toxotes

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τοξότης (toxótēs, “bowman, archer”).

Proper noun

Toxotes m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Toxotidae – archerfishes.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Perciformes – order; Percoidei - suborder; Percoidea - superfamily; Toxotidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Toxotes jaculatrix (banded archerfish, silver archerfish, brackish archerfish) - type species

References

• Archerfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Toxotes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Toxotes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τοξότης (toxótēs, “bowman, archer”).

Proper noun

Toxotes (plural Toxotai)

1. Sagittarius, the archer.

References

• Toxotes, in Anthology of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation, by Stephen Trzaskoma, R. Scott Smith, Stephen Brunet, Thomas (Hackett Publishing: 2004) →ISBN, page 106.