Category:Scopeloid

Sco"pe*loid, a. Etym: [nl. Scopelus, typical genus (fr. Gr. -oid.] (zoöl.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: any fish of the family scopelidæ.