Percoid

2 definitions found

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

  Percoid \Per"coid\ (p[~e]r"koid), a. [L. perca a perch + -oid:
     cf. F. perco["i]de.] (Zool.)
     Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family
     {Percid[ae]}. -- n. Any fish of the genus {Perca}, or allied
     genera of the family {Percid[ae]}; a percoidean.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  percoid
       n : any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
           [syn: {percoid fish}, {percoidean}]