Hypertext Webster Gateway: "embiotocoid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Embiotocoid \Em`bi*ot"o*coid\, a. [NL. Embiotoca, the name of
one genus + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Belonging to, or resembling, the {Embiotocid[ae]}. -- n. One
of a family of fishes ({Embiotocid[ae]}) abundant on the
coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also
called {surf fishes} and {viviparous fishes}. See Illust. in
Append.
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