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Found 3 hits - Term: surf fish, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
surf bird aphriza surf clam mactra solidissima spisula solidissima mactra 
surf duck oidemia oidemia percpicillata surf scoter scoter 
surf fish embiotocoid surf smelt smelt surf whiting 
whiting 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
embiotocoid \em`biot"ocoid\, a. nl. embiotoca, the name of
   one genus + -oid. zo"ol.
   belonging to, or resembling, the embiotocidae. -- n. one
   of a family of fishes embiotocidae abundant on the
   coast of california, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also
   called surf fish and viviparous fish. see illust. in
   appendix.
   1913 webster
see also:
embiotocidae surf fish viviparous fish 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
surf fish
     n 1: a fish of the pacific coast of north america syn: yellowfin
          croaker, surffish, umbrina roncador
     2: small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the pacific
        coast of north america syn: surfperch, surffish
see also:
yellowfin croaker surffish umbrina roncador surfperch 

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