perciform

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adjective

Of or pertaining to any of very many fish, of the order Perciformes, that have fin spines, a swim bladder without a duct, usually ctenoid scales, and 17 or fewer caudal fin rays.

Origintranslingual Perciformes →
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Meanings

adjectiveperciform (comparative more perciform, superlative most perciform)

comparative more perciform · superlative most perciform

  1. Of or pertaining to any of very many fish, of the order Perciformes, that have fin spines, a swim bladder without a duct, usually ctenoid scales, and 17 or fewer caudal fin rays.

    He stood with his sketchbook in front of the case of perciform fishes, lavishing attention on the turn and taper of every rib.

    2021, Richard Powers, Bewilderment, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 211
nounperciform (plural perciforms)

plural perciforms

  1. Such a fish.

Origin

  1. translingualPerciformes
  2. Englishperciform

From translingual Perciformes.

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Translations

Finnish ahvenkala
  • ahvenkalafish

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

perciform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perciform

MLA

“perciform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perciform. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perciform,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perciform.

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