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Some surface at night
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lanternfish
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Lanternfishes (or myctophids , from the Greek mykter , "nose" and ophis , "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctophidae . One of two families in the order Myctophiformes , the Myctophidae are represented by 246 species in 33 genera ...
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n. small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night
Wiktionary
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n. any of small, deep sea fish of the large family Myctophidae, named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence.
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
lanternfish \lanternfish\ n. A small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night.
Usage examples of lanternfish.
Blackened pages of old magazines, little more than large flakes of ash, glided lazily toward them through the air, like stingrays seeking prey, and great schools of tiny lanternfish swam overhead in sinuous parades, sometimes extinguishing themselves when they collided with the maze walls, but in other places sparking small new fires, not yet attracted downward to the hair and clothes that they would eventually find so tasty.