surffish

1. 1.

   a fish of the Pacific coast of North America

   Synonymsyellowfin croakersurf fishUmbrina roncador

   Broadercroaker

   Part ofUmbrina
2. 2.

   small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America

   Synonymssurfperchsurf fish

   Broaderpercoid fish

   Narrowerrainbow seaperch

   Part ofEmbiotocidae

Other forms of surffish

plural

surffishes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about surffish

What does surffish mean?

surffish means "a fish of the Pacific coast of North America". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in surffish?

surffish has 2 syllables: surf-fish. The stress falls on "surf".

What is another word for surffish?

Close synonyms include yellowfin croaker, surf fish, Umbrina roncador, surfperch, surf fish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is surffish a common word?

surffish is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.