| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. One of a family of fishes (Embiotocidae) abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also called surf fishes and viviparous fishes.[Websters]. | |
| Adjective | 1. Belonging to, or resembling, the Embiotocidae.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb embiotocoidly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (embiotocoidly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective embiotocoid.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EMBIOTOCOID" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Embiotocoid \Em`bi*ot"o*coid\, adjective. [New Latin expression. Embiotoca, the name of one genus -oid.]. (references) |
