資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.