Found 1 hit - Term: surf smelt, 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
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