Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of numerous small deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae that have bioluminescent light organs on the head and sides and that often swim to the surface at night.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The smooth sole.
- noun Any fish belonging to the family Myctophidæ: most of them are of the deep seas, and have luminous spots or photophores.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun any of small,
deep sea fish of the large familyMyctophidae , named after theirconspicuous use ofbioluminescence .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night
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Examples
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Students travelled to the garbage patch to take samples, and found bits of plastic in the digestive systems of small fish such as lanternfish and hatchetfish.
London Free Press 2010
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Students travelled to the garbage patch to take samples, and found bits of plastic in the digestive systems of small fish such as lanternfish and hatchetfish.
Toronto Sun 2010
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Students travelled to the garbage patch to take samples, and found bits of plastic in the digestive systems of small fish such as lanternfish and hatchetfish.
London Free Press 2010
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A marine biologist with a doctorate from Stanford on the nervous system of a type of lanternfish, in 1973 Ray was appointed by President Nixon to chair the Atomic Energy Commission and was subsequently elected governor of Washington State.
Rainforest Portal RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Guardian: Clive Hamil 2010
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A marine biologist with a doctorate from Stanford on the nervous system of a type of lanternfish, in 1973 Ray was appointed by President Nixon to chair the Atomic Energy Commission and was subsequently elected governor of Washington State.
Rainforest Portal RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Guardian: Clive Hamil 2010
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And there is plenty of food here-both the trawls and acoustic surveys have revealed an abundant supply of myctophid lanternfish, the most common prey eaten by large Humboldt squid in these waters in other years.
Scientific American 2010
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"If tuna is eating a lot of lanternfish, it is indirectly ingesting the plastic that might be in the lanternfish's stomach," Davison said.
NBC San Diego - 2010
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But he is lying deeper than a lanternfish and until England can winch their No10 to within half a mile of the gain-line there is no point in worrying about anything beyond.
Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk Eddie Butler 2010
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The scientists told the nonprofit online news site that about 5-10 percent of the fish they studied -- "mainly small swimmers common in the deep ocean, like lanternfish and hatchetfish" had consumed the tiny plastic particles.
NBC San Diego - 2010
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A marine biologist with a doctorate from Stanford on the nervous system of a type of lanternfish, in 1973 Ray was appointed by President Nixon to chair the Atomic Energy Commission and was subsequently elected governor of Washington State.
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