rifle fishn.

Brit.

/ˈrʌɪf(ə)l ˌfɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈraɪf(ə)l ˌfɪʃ/, Australian English

/ˈrɑef(ə)l ˌfɪʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rifle n.³, fish n.¹

Etymology: < rifle n.³ + fish n.¹, with allusion to the fish's method of catching insects by shooting a jet of water at them from its mouth (compare quot. 1973).

Australian.

Any of several archerfishes (genus Toxotes). Cf. archer n. 5, jaculator n. 2.

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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

1897 Sc. Geogr. Mag. 13 303 I have seen the Rifle-fish thus strike its prey at a distance of several feet.

1906 D. G. Stead Fishes Austral. 95 One species of this family is found on the coast of Queensland, where it is known by the name of Rifle-Fish (Toxotes jaculator).

1973 V. Serventy Desert Walkabout 81 These archer or rifle fish have a central hole left when the mouth closes. The gills can be compressed and this sends a jet of water along a groove in the palate out of the hole, into the air to distances of four or five feet.

2002 L. Ford in D. B. Rose Country Heart 97 In the floodwaters there's rifle fish.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rifle fish
释义	rifle fishn. Brit. /ˈrʌɪf(ə)l ˌfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈraɪf(ə)l ˌfɪʃ/, Australian English /ˈrɑef(ə)l ˌfɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rifle n.³, fish n.¹ Etymology: < rifle n.³ + fish n.¹, with allusion to the fish's method of catching insects by shooting a jet of water at them from its mouth (compare quot. 1973). Australian. Any of several archerfishes (genus Toxotes). Cf. archer n. 5, jaculator n. 2. ΘΚΠ 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 1897 Sc. Geogr. Mag. 13 303 I have seen the Rifle-fish thus strike its prey at a distance of several feet. 1906 D. G. Stead Fishes Austral. 95 One species of this family is found on the coast of Queensland, where it is known by the name of Rifle-Fish (Toxotes jaculator). 1973 V. Serventy Desert Walkabout 81 These archer or rifle fish have a central hole left when the mouth closes. The gills can be compressed and this sends a jet of water along a groove in the palate out of the hole, into the air to distances of four or five feet. 2002 L. Ford in D. B. Rose Country Heart 97 In the floodwaters there's rifle fish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1897
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