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ANOMALOPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anomalops mean? 

ANOMALOPS (noun)
  The noun ANOMALOPS has 1 sense:

1. fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Ricoplay

  Familiarity information: ANOMALOPS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANOMALOPS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

anomalops; flashlight fish

Hypernyms ("anomalops" is a kind of...):

acanthopterygian; spiny-finned fish (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)

Holonyms ("anomalops" is a member of...):

genus Anomalops (type genus of the family Anomalopidae)


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