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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 Rico
Familiarity information: ANOMALOPS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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