Photoblepharon
/ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)ˈblɛfərɒn/Zoology
noun
Either of two small tropical fishes of the genus Photoblepharon (family Anomalopidae), having a luminous organ below each eye and living around reefs from East Africa and the Red Sea to the western Pacific (also called flashlight fish).
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Science. From scientific Latin Photoblepharon, genus name from photo- + ancient Greek βλέϕαρον eyelid.
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