photoblepharon palpebratus

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   fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye

   Synonymsflashlight fish

   Broaderspiny-finned fish

Questions about photoblepharon palpebratus

What does photoblepharon palpebratus mean?

photoblepharon palpebratus means "fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye".

What is another word for photoblepharon palpebratus?

Close synonyms include flashlight fish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is photoblepharon palpebratus a common word?

photoblepharon palpebratus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.