Em′bi‐ot″o‐coid (?), a. [NL. Embiotoca, the name of one genus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Belonging to, or resembling, the Embiotocidæ. — n. One of a family of fishes (Embiotocidæ) abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; — also called surf fishes and viviparous fishes. See Illust. in Append.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.