Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scopeloid \Sco"pe*loid\, a. [NL. Scopelus, typical genus (fr.
   Gr. ? a headland) + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Like or pertaining to fishes of the genus {Scopelus}, or
   family {Scopelod[ae]}, which includes many small oceanic
   fishes, most of which are phosphorescent. -- n. (Zo["o]l.)
   Any fish of the family {Scopelid[ae]}.