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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