Toxotes

See also: toxotes

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Toxotes m

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)

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.

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