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Any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water
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archerfish
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The archerfish ( spinner fish or archer fish ) form a monotypic family , Toxotidae , of fish known for their habit of preying on land-based insects and other small animals by shooting them down with water droplets from their specialized mouths. The family ...
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n. Any of the species of fish in the ''(taxlink Toxotidae family noshow=1)'' (toxotes) family, who prey on small animals near to the surface of a water by shooting them with water from their mouths.
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n. any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia [syn: Toxotes jaculatrix ] [also: archerfishes (pl)]
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When they would be rendezvousing with the Archerfish, the SDV would use its Burnett 512 pinger system to let the sub know they were coming.
DDS mounted, secured, and tested than it will to get the Archerfish up in the dry dock and back out again.
But with the Archerfish not yet out of dry dock, they had to settle for using the sonar system held by Chief Monday to get back to the whaler they had started out from.
In his stateroom on the upper deck of the Archerfish, Captain North was in the middle of a discussion with his executive officer regarding Danzig.
Rockham had been surprised to find out that Danzig had refused to let the Archerfish take part in the practice runs.
When dusk had blanketed the area in darkness, tugs helped move the Archerfish away from her protected position at the base.
The Los Alamos had been held partially submerged, but still holding the Archerfish in her screened well deck.
Now the concealing tarps were removed and the Archerfish began to move under her own power.
Removal of twelve of the underwater weapons, over half her load, left the Archerfish with sufficient ordnance to defend herself, while making plenty of room for all of the SEALs.
Along the walls were mementos of the Archerfish--her christening ceremony, plaques, photographs, and even some items from her WWII namesake, the SS-311 Archerfish, a Balao-class diesel-electric sub.
With the DDS secured to her back like a remora on a shark, the Archerfish stood out even among military ships.
The Archerfish was going to have to do a quiet transit of international waters.
ZULU 55 181 North, 10 561 East Control Room USS Archerfish Store Baelt Channel Between Fyn and Sjaelland Islands Denmark Soon after leaving the North Channel between Ireland and Scotland, the Archerfish entered the deeper waters of the Atlantic.
And as the Archerfish entered the tight, restrictive waters off Denmark, the captain was at the conn.
The Archerfish was on her own, being directed underwater by her competent crew and their experienced captain.