Hypertext Webster Gateway: "percoid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Percoid \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]}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
percoid
n : any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
[syn: {percoid fish}, {percoidean}]
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