Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Perciformes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Perciformes \Per`ci*for"mes\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extensive tribe or suborder of fishes, including the true
perches ({Percid[ae]}); the pondfishes ({Centrarchid[ae]});
the sci[ae]noids ({Sci[ae]nid[ae]}); the sparoids
({Sparid[ae]}); the serranoids ({Serranid[ae]}), and some
other related families.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Perciformes
n : one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine
and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna [syn: {Perciformes},
{order Perciformes}, {Percomorphi}, {order Percomorphi}]
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