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

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 Project Gutenberg

The nearest respectable sport for the fly or minnow man is with black bass, in the smaller lakes and connecting rivers within two or three hours' railway journey; and there are six or eight other percoid forms such as striped, calico, and rock bass, and several of the sunfishes, all of which take a fly.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg