scopeloid

1 definition found

scopeloid - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]