eloper (eloper)

One who elopes. Nothing le , believe me, shall ever urge my consent to wound the chaste propriety of your character, by making you an eloper with a duellist. Mi Burney , Cecilia, ii. Elopes (el'ō-pēz), n. pl . [NL., pl. of Elops .] A group of malacopterygian fishes: same as the family Elopida . Elophilæt (e-lof'i-lē), n. pl . [NL. (Hübner, 1816), prop. Helophilæ , έλος , pal us, a marsh, + φίλος , loving.] A group of pyralid moths. elopian (e-lo'pi-an), n. A fish of the family Elopida . Sir J. Richardson . Elopide (e-lop'i-dē), n. pl . [NL., Elops + -ida .] A family of clupeiform isospondylous fishes, resembling herrings, but much larger. They have a completed lateral line and a flat membrane bone between the branches of the lower jaw. They have cycloid scales, naked head, and terminal mouth, bounded of three elements. The species are very few, though wide on the sides by the supra maxillaries, which are composed ly distributed in tropical and subtropical seas, sometimes entering fresh water. They belong to the genera Elops and Megalops. See cut under Elops.