Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Toxotes m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Toxotidae – the archerfishes.

English

Proper noun

Toxotes ‎(plural Toxotai)

1. 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 0872207218, page 106.

English

Wikispecies

Noun

toxotes ‎(plural toxotai)

1. Any fish of genus Toxotes, the archerfishes.
2. (historical) A Greek archer armed with a short Greek bow and a short sword.