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noun
Any of the deep-sea fish of the family Chlorophthalmidae, that have large iridescent eyes with green lenses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
bottom-dwellers having large eyes with metallic green luster
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: soft-finned fish, malacopterygian
History
From green + eye.
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