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perciformes
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun perciformes has 1 sense
- perciformes(n = noun.animal) order perciformes, order percomorphi, percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna; Array is a kind of animal order
is a member of acanthopterygii, superorder acanthopterygii
CIDE DICTIONARY
perciformes, n. pl. [NL.].
An extensive tribe or suborder of fishes, including the true perches (Percidæ ); the pondfishes (Centrarchidæ ); the sciænoids (Sciænidæ ); the sparoids (Sparidæ ); the serranoids (Serranidæ ), and some other related families. [1913 Webster]
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