EMBIOTOCOID

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.