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Definition of Percoid
1. Noun. Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes.
Generic synonyms: Acanthopterygian, Spiny-finned Fish
Group relationships: Order Perciformes, Order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi
Specialized synonyms: Perch, Perch, Sandfish, Cusk-eel, Brotula, Pearl-fish, Pearlfish, Robalo, Pike, Centrarchid, Sunfish, Bass, Serranid, Serranid Fish, Surf Fish, Surffish, Surfperch, Bigeye, Catalufa, Priacanthus Arenatus, Cardinalfish, Lopholatilus Chamaeleonticeps, Tilefish, Bluefish, Pomatomus Saltatrix, Cobia, Rachycentron Canadum, Sergeant Fish, Carangid, Carangid Fish, Dolphin, Dolphinfish, Mahimahi, Blanquillo, Tilefish, Cichlid, Cichlid Fish, Snapper, Grunt, Sparid, Sparid Fish, Bream, Sea Bream, Sciaenid, Sciaenid Fish, Mullet, Gray Mullet, Grey Mullet, Mullet, Sea Chub, Angelfish, Chaetodipterus Faber, Spadefish, Butterfly Fish, Damselfish, Demoiselle, Wrasse, Parrotfish, Polly Fish, Pollyfish, Threadfin, Jawfish, Stargazer, Sand Stargazer, Blennioid, Blennioid Fish, Goby, Gudgeon, Sleeper, Sleeper Goby, Flathead, Archerfish, Toxotes Jaculatrix, Worm Fish, Surgeonfish, Gempylid, Cutlassfish, Frost Fish, Hairtail, Scombroid, Scombroid Fish, Butterfish, Stromateid, Stromateid Fish, Clingfish, Tripletail, Mojarra, Whiting
Definition of Percoid
1. a. Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family Percidæ.
Definition of Percoid
1. Adjective. Of or belonging to ''Percoidea'', a taxonomic superfamily in the order ''Perciformes''. ¹
2. Noun. Any fish of the genus ''Perca'', or allied genera of the family ''Percidae''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Percoid
1. a spiny-finned fish [n -S]
Medical Definition of Percoid
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Percoid
Literary usage of Percoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. First- Second Annual Report Upon the Natural History and Geology of the by Ezekiel Holmes, Charles Henry Hitchcock (1862)
"percoid.S. era subdivided into two distinct fins ; the anterior portion, or
anterior fin, as the case may be, being spinous,—that is, composed of bony or ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"These characters with a few minor exceptions are characters of the percoid fishes
and spiny-rayed fishes in general, including the ..."
3. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1912)
"But later another fish of the family was discovered by Eigenmann, in the Umatilla
River, Oregon, still more decidedly percoid in its structure ..."
4. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1874)
"GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF percoid FISHES. Iu a paper by Vaillant, lately
presented to the Academy of Sciences in Paris, upon the geographical ..."
5. The Genera of Fishes ...: A Contribution to the Stability of Scientific by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1917)
"It had been used earlier by Gronow, in 1763, for a percoid genus, later called
... The transfer of AMIA from the ganoid to a percoid genus is, however, ..."
6. Annual Record of Science and Industry by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1875)
"Iii a paper by Vaillant, lately presented to the Academy of Sciences in Paris,
upon the geographical distribution of some of the fresh-water percoid fishes, ..."
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