percoid

Meanings

Adjective

  • Of or belonging to Percoidea, a taxonomic superfamily in the order Perciformes.

Noun

  • Any fish of the genus Perca, or allied genera of the family Percidae (originally named "Percoides" before family-name endings were standardized).
  • Any fish in the superfamily Percoidea

Related

Similar words

  • percoidean

Origin

  • From Latin perca

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