ANOMALOPS

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Meaning:

Fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico

Synonyms:

anomalops; flashlight fish

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Nouns denoting animals

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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