Em`bi*ot"o*coid (?), a. [NL.
Embiotoca, the name of one genus + -oid.]
(Zoöl.) Belonging to, or resembling, the
Embiotocidæ. -- n. One of a
family of fishes (Embiotocidæ) abundant on the coast of
California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also called surf
fishes and viviparous fishes. See Illust. in
Append.