Anomalops

noun

Anom·​a·​lops

əˈnäməˌläps

: a genus of fishes (order Berycomorphi) having a luminous organ beneath each eye filled with light-producing bacteria and known from warm seas of the southwestern Pacific and about Puerto Rico

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from anomal- + -ops

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

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