ˌembēəˈtäsəˌdē, -tōs- noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Embiotoca, type genus (from Greek embios having life + -toca, from tokos offspring, from tiktein to bear, beget) + -idae — more at embiaria , thane
: a family of viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes