Definition of Percina

1. Noun. A genus of Percidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Percina
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Percidae, Percidae
Member holonyms: Percina Tanasi, Snail Darter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Percina

Peptostreptococcus plagarumbelli
Peptostreptococcus productus
Pepys
Pepysian
Pequiste
Pequistes
Pequot
Pequots
Perak
Peramelidae
Perca flavescens
Perca fluviatilis
Percherons
Percidae
Percina
Percina tanasi
Percival
Percival Lowell
Percoll
Percophidae
Percy
Percy Aldridge Grainger
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Grainger
Perdicidae
Perdicinae
Perdix perdix
Pere Jacques Marquette
Peregrine

Literary usage of Percina

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report (1913)
"THE BREEDING HABITS OF THE LOG-PERCH (percina CAPRODES). BY JACOB REIGHARD, PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT. Hitherto the breeding habits of the darters have remained ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"percina caprodes carbonaria Cope, Bull. 17, US Nat. Mus., 1880, 31. ... percina caprodes zebra Jordan, Ann. Rept. Com. Fish and Fisheries, 1884, ..."

3. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1882)
"Habits—It lives in rapids in clear water, and does not ascend small streams. ti GENUS 76. percina. Haldeman. percina, HALDEMAN, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sei. ..."

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