Anomalops

noun
Anom·​a·​lops | \ əˈnäməˌläps\

Definition of Anomalops

: 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

First Known Use of Anomalops

1880, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Anomalops

New Latin, from anomal- + -ops

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