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.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.