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scopelid
scopelid (ˈskɒpɪlɪd) [ad. mod.L. Scopelid-æ, f. Scopel-us: see -id.] A fish of the group Scopelidæ.1882 Jordan & Gilbert Synopsis Fishes N. Amer. 279 Family XLII.—Scopelidæ. (The Scopelids.) 1887 A. Heilprin Distrib. Animals 297 Among the better known bony⁓fishes..are the..scopelids.
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scopeloid
scopeloid, n. and a. Zool. (ˈskɒpɪlɔɪd) [f. Scopel-us + -oid.] A. n. A fish of the family Scopelidæ (see scopelid).1880 Günther Fishes 42 In addition to the rayed dorsal fin, many Malacopterygian fishes (as the Salmonoids, many Siluroids, Scopeloids, etc.) have another of greater or lesser extent. 1...
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scopelidan
scopelidan (skəʊˈpɛlɪdən) [f. mod.L. Scopelid-æ (see prec.) + -an.] = scopelid.1859–62 Sir J. Richardson, etc. Mus. Nat. Hist. (1868) II. 149 Scopelidans.
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Scopelus
‖ Scopelus Zool. (ˈskɒpɪləs) [mod.L.; introduced (along with the Fr. form scopèle) in 1817 by Cuvier, who gives the etymon as ‘σκόπελος, Greek name of an unknown fish’; the Gr. word, however, app. means only a rock.] The typical genus of the family Scopelidæ: see scopelid.1840 Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. ...
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jelly-fish
ˈjelly-fish † 1. An oceanic fish of the genus Plagyodus or Alepisaurus, family Scopelidæ. Obs.1707 W. Funnell Voy. Round World 8 The Jelly-fish was about fourteen Inches long..with a very sharp set of Teeth... That part of him which is without small spots, is a perfect green Jelly, whence he was cal...
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