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scopeloid

scopeloid


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scopeloid  \Sco"pe*loid\,  a.  [NL.  Scopelus  typical  genus  (fr. 
  Gr  ?  a  headland)  +  -oid.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Like  or  pertaining  to  fishes  of  the  genus  {Scopelus},  or 
  family  {Scopelod[ae]},  which  includes  many  small  oceanic 
  fishes,  most  of  which  are  phosphorescent.  --  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Any  fish  of  the  family  {Scopelid[ae]}.