surf fish n.
[鱼]滨鱼
surf fish[ noun ]- a fish of the Pacific coast of North America
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- small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America
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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.
{Surf bird} (Zo["o]l.), a ploverlike bird of the genus
{Aphriza}, allied to the turnstone.
{Surf clam} (Zo["o]l.), a large clam living on the open
coast, especially {Mactra solidissima} (syn. {Spisula
solidissima}). See {Mactra}.
{Surf duck} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
California embiotocoid fishes. See {Embiotocoid}.
{Surf smelt}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Smelt}.
{Surf whiting}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Whiting}.
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.