percoid

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adjective

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

Similar
percoideanpercoid fish
OriginLatin perca →
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Meanings

adjectivepercoid (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or belonging to Percoidea, a taxonomic superfamily in the order Perciformes.

    Synonyms: percoidean

nounpercoid (plural percoids)

plural percoids

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

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
percoidean

More synonyms by meaning

nounany of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

Similar
percoid fishpercoidean
Broader
spiny-finned fishacanthopterygian
Also see
percoidean

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinperca“perch”
  2. Englishpercoid

From Latin perca (“perch”).

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APA

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Chicago

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