jaculatorn.
/ˈdʒakjʊleɪtə/ 1. One who throws or hurls; a thrower of the dart or javelin. rare.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > one who or that which
warperOE
castera1400
throwerc1450
flinger1598
tosser1612
jaculator1796
shy1884
shyer1895
slinger1902
1796 Mod. Gulliver Pref. 4 The serpent would..have spent its venom on the breast of the..malicious jaculator.
1804 T. Taylor tr. Plato Wks. V. 136 This same mean person, like a skilful jaculator, will hurl a sentence worthy of attention.
2. A fish ( Toxotes jaculator) which has the power of shooting a drop of water at insects that come near it; = archer n. 5. Also jaculator fish.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > member of family Toxotidae (archer)
jaculator1765
shooting-fish1803
archer1834
rifle fish1897
1765 J. A. Schlosser in Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 89 Governor Hommel gives the following account of the Jaculator or shooting fish.
1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 220.
1897 Alden's Juvenile Gem (N.Y.) Mar. 79/1 The jaculator fish,..in the lakes of Java, uses its mouth as a squirtgun and is a good marksman.
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