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noun
Any of the family Embiotocidae of viviparous perciform fishes, found mainly in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: surffish, surf fish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
Narrower terms: rainbow seaperch, rainbow perch, Hipsurus caryi
History
From surf + perch.
