percoid

American  

[pur-koid] / ˈpɜr kɔɪd /

Also percoidean

adjective

1. belonging to the Percoidea, a group of acanthopterygian fishes comprising the true perches and related families, and constituting one of the largest natural groups of fishes.

2. resembling a perch.

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percoid British  

/ pəˈkɔɪdɪən, ˈpɜːkɔɪd /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Percoidea, a suborder of spiny-finned teleost fishes including the perches, sea bass, red mullet, cichlids, etc

2. of, relating to, or resembling a perch

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noun

1. any fish belonging to the suborder Percoidea

Etymology

Origin of percoid

1830–40; < Latin perc ( a ) perch ² + -oid

Example Sentences

This is a percoid, Serranus nigritus of Holbrook, and one of the very best table-fishes of these waters.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 by Various

Perch′-backed, shaped like a perch's back; Per′ciform, percoid; Per′cine, perciform; Per′coid, like the perch: pertaining to the perch family.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various