Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any marine viviparous perch of the family Embiotocidæ (or Holconotidæ); an embiotocoid: so called on the Pacific coast of the United States, where many species of several genera abound in the surf.
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Examples
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I remember a couple of times, when I was about eight or nine, he took me to the Outer Banks to surf-fish.
Carolina Mist Mariah Stewart 1996
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I remember a couple of times, when I was about eight or nine, he took me to the Outer Banks to surf-fish.
Carolina Mist Mariah Stewart 1996
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I remember a couple of times, when I was about eight or nine, he took me to the Outer Banks to surf-fish.
Carolina Mist Mariah Stewart 1996
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