Definition of Flashlight fish

1. Noun. Fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye.


2. Noun. Fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico.
Exact synonyms: Anomalops
Group relationships: Genus Anomalops
Generic synonyms: Acanthopterygian, Spiny-finned Fish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flashlight Fish

flashier
flashiest
flashily
flashiness
flashinesses
flashing
flashing collar
flashing pain syndrome
flashingly
flashings
flashlamp
flashlamps
flashless
flashlight
flashlight battery
flashlight fish (current term)
flashlights
flashmob
flashmobs
flashover
flashovers
flashpoint
flashpoints
flasht
flashtube
flashtubes
flashy
flask
flask closure
flasket

Literary usage of Flashlight fish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"Beyond them swim coelacanths, ancient deep-sea fish long thought extinct, and "flashlight fish" with large light organs under their eyes to help find food ..."

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