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Percoid

Percoid Meaning & Definition
Percoid Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Percoid?

[n] Of or relating to the Percoidea, a large suborder of spiny-finned fishes that includes the perches, sunfishes, groupers, and grunts.

Synonyms | Synonyms for Percoid: percoid fish | percoidean

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See Also | acanthopterygian | angelfish | archerfish | bass | bigeye | blanquillo | blennioid | blennioid fish | bluefish | bream | brotula | butterfish | butterfly fish | carangid | carangid fish | cardinalfish | catalufa | centrarchid | Chaetodipterus faber | cichlid | cichlid fish | clingfish | cobia | cusk-eel | cutlassfish | damselfish | demoiselle | dolphin | dolphinfish | flathead | frost fish | gempylid | goby | gray mullet | grunt | gudgeon | hairtail | jawfish | Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps | mahimahi | mullet | order Perciformes | order Percomorphi | parrotfish | pearlfish | perch | Perciformes | Percomorphi | pike | pollyfish | Pomatomus saltatrix | Priacanthus arenatus | Rachycentron canadum | robolo | sand stargazer | sandfish | sciaenid | sciaenid fish | scombroid | scombroid fish | sea bream | sea chub | sergeant fish | serranid | serranid fish | sleeper | sleeper goby | snapper | spadefish | sparid | sparid fish | spiny-finned fish | stargazer | stromateid | stromateid fish | sunfish | surf fish | surffish | surfperch | surgeonfish | threadfin | tilefish | Toxotes jaculatrix | wormfish | wrasse

Percoid In Webster's Dictionary

\Per"coid\, a. [L. perca a perch + -oid: cf. F. perco["i]de.] (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family {Percid[ae]}. -- n. Any fish of the genus {Perca}, or allied genera of the family {Percid[ae]}.

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