embiotocoid
English
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a rainbow perch (Hypsurus caryi), an embiotocoid fish.
Etymology
Embiotoca + -oid
Adjective
embiotocoid (comparative more embiotocoid, superlative most embiotocoid)
- (ichthyology) Belonging to, or resembling, the fish family Embiotocidae.
Noun
embiotocoid (plural embiotocoids)
- (ichthyology) One of a family of fishes, Embiotocidae, abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for embiotocoid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)