FLASHLIGHT FISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flashlight fish mean? 

• FLASHLIGHT FISH (noun)
  The noun FLASHLIGHT FISH has 2 senses:

1. fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye

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

  Familiarity information: FLASHLIGHT FISH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLASHLIGHT FISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

flashlight fish; Photoblepharon palpebratus

Hypernyms ("flashlight fish" is a kind of...):

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

Sense 2

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 ("flashlight fish" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("flashlight fish" is a member of...):

genus Anomalops (type genus of the family Anomalopidae)