Surf fish

surf fish
    n 1: a fish of the Pacific coast of North America [syn:
         {yellowfin croaker}, {surffish}, {surf fish}, {Umbrina
         roncador}]
    2: small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific
       coast of North America [syn: {surfperch}, {surffish}, {surf
       fish}]
    

Surf \Surf\, n. [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same
   word as E. sough.]
   The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a
   sloping beach.
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   {Surf bird} (Zool.), a ploverlike bird of the genus
      {Aphriza}, allied to the turnstone.

   {Surf clam} (Zool.), a large clam living on the open coast,
      especially {Mactra solidissima} (syn. {Spisula
      solidissima}). See {Mactra}.

   {Surf duck} (Zool.), any one of several species of sea ducks
      of the genus {Oidemia}, especially {Oidemia
      percpicillata}; -- called also {surf scoter}. See the Note
      under {Scoter}.

   {Surf fish} (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
      California embiotocoid fishes. See {Embiotocoid}.

   {Surf smelt}. (Zool.) See {Smelt}.

   {Surf whiting}. (Zool.) See under {Whiting}.
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Embiotocoid \Em`bi*ot"o*coid\, a. [NL. Embiotoca, the name of
   one genus + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Belonging to, or resembling, the {Embiotocid[ae]}. -- n. One
   of a family of fishes ({Embiotocid[ae]}) abundant on the
   coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also
   called {surf fish} and {viviparous fish}. See Illust. in
   Appendix.
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