\Sco"pe*loid\, a. [NL. Scopelus, typical genus (fr.
Gr. ? a headland) + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Like or pertaining to fishes of the genus {Scopelus}, or
family {Scopelod[ae]}, which includes many small oceanic
fishes, most of which are phosphorescent. -- n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any fish of the family {Scopelid[ae]}.