Sco"pe*loid (?), a. [NL.
Scopelus, typical genus (fr. Gr. &?; a headland) + -
oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to fishes of the
genus Scopelus, or family Scopelodæ, which
includes many small oceanic fishes, most of which are
phosphorescent. -- n. (Zoöl.)
Any fish of the family Scopelidæ.
Sco"pe*loid (?), a. [NL.
Scopelus, typical genus (fr. Gr. &?; a headland) + -
oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to fishes of the
genus Scopelus, or family Scopelodæ, which
includes many small oceanic fishes, most of which are
phosphorescent. -- n. (Zoöl.)
Any fish of the family Scopelidæ.