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surf fish
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
Syn: ↑surfperch, ↑surffish
Hypernyms: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoid, ↑percoidean
Hyponyms: ↑rainbow seaperch, ↑rainbow perch, ↑Hipsurus caryi
Member Holonyms: ↑Embiotocidae, ↑family Embiotocidae

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noun
1. : 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,
any one of a family of small to medium-sized viviparous fishes frequenting shallow water along the Pacific coast of North America; seaperch; surfperch.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.