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scopeloid
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scopeloid, a. [NL. Scopelus, typical genus (fr. Gr. a headland) + -oid.].
Like or pertaining to fishes of the genus Scopelus , or family Scopelodæ , which includes many small oceanic fishes, most of which are phosphorescent. [1913 Webster]
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