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[syn: percoid fish, percoid, percoidean]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Percoid \Per"coid\ (p[~e]r"koid), a. [L. perca a perch + -oid:
cf. F. perco["i]de.] (Zool.)
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]; a percoidean.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
percoid
n 1: any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order
Perciformes [syn: percoid fish, percoid, percoidean]