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
- Category: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.