SURF FISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does surf fish mean? 

• SURF FISH (noun)
  The noun SURF FISH has 2 senses:

1. a fish of the Pacific coast of North America

2. small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America

  Familiarity information: SURF FISH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SURF FISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fish of the Pacific coast of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

surf fish; surffish; Umbrina roncador; yellowfin croaker

Hypernyms ("surf fish" is a kind of...):

croaker (any of several fishes that make a croaking noise)

Holonyms ("surf fish" is a member of...):

genus Umbrina; Umbrina (croakers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

surf fish; surffish; surfperch

Hypernyms ("surf fish" is a kind of...):

percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "surf fish"):

Hipsurus caryi; rainbow perch; rainbow seaperch (Pacific coast fish)

Holonyms ("surf fish" is a member of...):

Embiotocidae; family Embiotocidae (viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes)