Percesoces

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Percesoces \Per*ces"o*ces\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. L. perca a
     perch + esox, -ocis, a pike.] (Zool.)
     An order of fishes including the gray mullets ({Mugil}), the
     barracudas, the silversides, and other related fishes. So
     called from their relation both to perches and to pikes.
     [1913 Webster]