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# archerfish

noun (an archerfish, archerfish or archerfishes)

«archerfish» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An archerfish is a small fish of warm rivers and mangroves in Asia and northern Australia that shoots a jet of water from its mouth to knock insects off leaves above the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archerfish/#m1)
2. It then swims to eat the insect when it falls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archerfish/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons the archerfish is an amazing hunter: it can aim even though light bends where water meets air (refraction), and it learns by watching other fish. It is an example of an animal adaptation. Phrases: archerfish jet, spit water.

### Examples

- The archerfish spat a jet of water and knocked a beetle into the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archerfish/#x1)
- An archerfish can hit insects more than a metre away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archerfish/#x2)
- Archerfish live in mangrove swamps in Australia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archerfish/#x3)
- The archerfish corrects its aim for the bending of light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archerfish/#x4)
- Young archerfish learn by watching older ones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archerfish/#x5)
- At the aquarium, the archerfish shot water at a target. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archerfish/#x6)
- The archerfish has stripes on its silvery sides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archerfish/#x7)

### Note

Plural archerfish (like «fish»). Written as one word, sometimes «archer fish». It is not related to archery; it gets the name because it «shoots».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «archerfish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/archerfish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«archerfish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/archerfish.html) on Mova free.