noun
1. a fish of the Pacific coast of North America
• Syn: ↑yellowfin croaker, ↑surffish, ↑Umbrina roncador
• Hypernyms: ↑croaker
• Member Holonyms: ↑Umbrina, ↑genus Umbrina
2. small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America
• Hypernyms: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoid, ↑percoidean
• Hyponyms: ↑rainbow seaperch, ↑rainbow perch, ↑Hipsurus caryi
• Member Holonyms: ↑Embiotocidae, ↑family Embiotocidae
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noun1. : any of numerous small or medium-sized fishes that constitute the family Embiotocidae, live chiefly in shallow water along the Pacific coast of No. America, and resemble perches in form but differ from them in their anatomy and in being viviparous
2. : any of several croakers (family Sciaenidae) of the Pacific coast of No. America
3. : surf smelt
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surf fish,
Useful english dictionary. 2012.