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percoid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun percoid has 1 sense
- percoid(n = noun.animal) percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes; Array is a kind of acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish
is a member of order perciformes, order percomorphi, perciformes, percomorphi
has particulars: perch, perch, sandfish, cusk-eel, brotula, pearl-fish, pearlfish, robalo, pike, centrarchid, sunfish, bass, serranid, serranid fish, surf fish, surffish, surfperch, bigeye, catalufa, priacanthus arenatus, cardinalfish, lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps, tilefish, bluefish, pomatomus saltatrix, cobia, rachycentron canadum, sergeant fish, carangid, carangid fish, dolphin, dolphinfish, mahimahi, blanquillo, tilefish, cichlid, cichlid fish, snapper, grunt, sparid, sparid fish, bream, sea bream, sciaenid, sciaenid fish, mullet, gray mullet, grey mullet, mullet, sea chub, angelfish, chaetodipterus faber, spadefish, butterfly fish, damselfish, demoiselle, wrasse, parrotfish, polly fish, pollyfish, threadfin, jawfish, stargazer, sand stargazer, blennioid, blennioid fish, goby, gudgeon, sleeper, sleeper goby, flathead, archerfish, toxotes jaculatrix, worm fish, surgeonfish, gempylid, cutlassfish, frost fish, hairtail, scombroid, scombroid fish, butterfish, stromateid, stromateid fish, clingfish, tripletail, mojarra, whiting
CIDE DICTIONARY
percoid, a. [L. perca a perch + -oid: cf. F. percoïde.].
Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family Percidæ . [1913 Webster]
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