Scopeloid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scopeloid \Sco"pe*loid\, a. [NL. Scopelus, typical genus (fr.
     Gr. ? a headland) + -oid.] (Zool.)
     Like or pertaining to fishes of the genus {Scopelus}, or
     family {Scopelodae}, which includes many small oceanic
     fishes, most of which are phosphorescent. -- n. (Zool.) Any
     fish of the family {Scopelidae}.


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