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perca
3 English words descend from Latin
perca
, most common first.
perch
Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
percine
Resembling a perch (the fish).
percoid
Of or belonging to Percoidea, a taxonomic superfamily in the order Perciformes.