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surf fish

[surf-fish]

surf·fish

[surf-fish]
noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish·es.
2.
any of several sciaenoid fishes, as Umbrina roncador, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America.

Origin:
1880–85, Americanism; surf + fish
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surf fish

noun
1. a fish of the Pacific coast of North America [syn: yellowfin croaker
2. small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America [syn: surfperch
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