SCOPELOID

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.