SURFPERCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does surfperch mean? 

• SURFPERCH (noun)
  The noun SURFPERCH has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SURFPERCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SURFPERCH (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("surfperch" 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 "surfperch"):

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

Holonyms ("surfperch" is a member of...):

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