noun
viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes
• Syn: ↑family Embiotocidae
• Hypernyms: ↑fish family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Perciformes, ↑order Perciformes, ↑Percomorphi, ↑order Percomorphi
• Member Meronyms: ↑surfperch, ↑surffish, ↑surf fish, ↑Hipsurus, ↑genus Hipsurus
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\\ˌembēəˈtäsəˌdē, -tōs-\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Embiotoca, type genus (from Greek embios having life + -toca, from tokos offspring, from tiktein to bear, beget) + -idae — more at embiaria, thane
: a family of viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes
Useful english dictionary. 2012.