percoid

Found in thesaurus: spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian

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percoid

Noun
1. any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
(synonym) percoid fish, percoidean
(hypernym) spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian
(hyponym) perch
(member-holonym) Perciformes, order Perciformes, Percomorphi, order Percomorphi


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Percoid
(n.)
Any fish of the genus Perca, or allied genera of the family Percidae.
  
 
(a.)
Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family Percidae.
  

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