PERCOID Definition & Meaning

percoid

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[pur-koid]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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.
resembling a perch.

percoid

/ pəˈkɔɪdɪən, ˈpɜːkɔɪd /

adjective

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

noun

any fish belonging to the suborder Percoidea

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of percoid¹

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of percoid¹

C19: from Latin perca _perch ² + _-oid

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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

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

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

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Percodan percolate

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