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   Sea clam . (Zool.) Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open seacoast, especially those of the family Mactridae, as the common American species. (Mactra solidissima or Spisula solidissima); -- called also beach clam, and surf clam.
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   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.
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   Surf bird (Zool.), a ploverlike bird of the genus Aphriza, allied to the turnstone. -- Surf clam (Zool.), a large clam living on the open coast, especially Mactra solidissima (syn. Spisula solidissima). See Mactra. -- Surf duck (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See Embiotocoid. -- Surf smelt. (Zool.) See Smelt. -- Surf whiting. (Zool.) See under Whiting.
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