- genus Photoblepharon
- nouna genus of fish in the family Anomalopidae• Syn: ↑Photoblepharon• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Anomalopidae, ↑family Anomalopidae
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genus Photoblepharon
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Photoblepharon — noun a genus of fish in the family Anomalopidae • Syn: ↑genus Photoblepharon • Hypernyms: ↑fish genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Anomalopidae, ↑family Anomalopidae … Useful english dictionary
fish genus — noun any of various genus of fish • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Cyprinus, ↑genus Cyprinus, ↑Abramis, ↑genus Abramis, ↑Tinca, ↑genus Tinca, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Anomalopidae — noun a family of fish including: flashlight fishes • Syn: ↑family Anomalopidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Berycomorphi, ↑order Berycomorphi • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
family Anomalopidae — noun a family of fish including: flashlight fishes • Syn: ↑Anomalopidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Berycomorphi, ↑order Berycomorphi • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
atheriniform — ▪ fish Introduction any member of the order Atheriniformes, containing 15 families of marine and freshwater spiny finned fishes (spiny finned fish), including the flying fishes (flying fish) (see ), needlefishes (needlefish), silversides,… … Universalium
flashlight fish — any of several fishes, esp. Photoblepharon palpebratus, inhabiting deep, dark waters and having light organs that can be closed with a lid. [1970 75] * * * also called lantern eye fish any of three species of fishes in the family… … Universalium
flashlight fish — noun 1. fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye • Syn: ↑Photoblepharon palpebratus • Hypernyms: ↑spiny finned fish, ↑acanthopterygian 2. fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and… … Useful english dictionary
bioluminescence — bioluminescent, adj. /buy oh looh meuh nes euhns/, n. the production of light by living organisms. [1915 20; BIO + LUMINESCENCE] * * * Emission of light by an organism or biochemical system (e.g., the glow of bacteria on decaying meat or fish,… … Universalium
