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English → English (gcide) Definition: Surf bird Surf \Surf\, n. [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.] The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach. [1913 Webster] Surf bird (Zo["o]l.), a ploverlike bird of the genus Aphriza, allied to the turnstone. Surf clam (Zo["o]l.), a large clam living on the open coast, especially Mactra solidissima (syn. Spisula solidissima ). See Mactra. Surf duck (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus Oidemia, especially Oidemia percpicillata ; -- called also surf scoter. See the Note under Scoter. Surf fish (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See Embiotocoid. Surf smelt. (Zo["o]l.) See Smelt. Surf whiting. (Zo["o]l.) See under Whiting. [1913 Webster]