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.