Perciformes

2 definitions found

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

  Perciformes \Per`ci*for"mes\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.)
     An extensive order of fishes, including the true perches
     ({Percid[ae]}); the pondfishes ({Centrarchid[ae]}); the
     sci[ae]noids ({Sci[ae]nid[ae]}); the sparoids ({Sparid[ae]});
     the serranoids ({Serranid[ae]}), and some other related
     families.


     [1913 Webster] Percipience

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Perciformes
       n : one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine
           and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna [syn: {order
           Perciformes}, {Percomorphi}, {order Percomorphi}]