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Webster 1913 Edition

Perciformes

‖

Perˊci-for′mes

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL.]

(Zool.)

An extensive order of fishes, including the true perches (

Percidæ

); the pondfishes (

Centrarchidæ

); the sciænoids (

Sciænidæ

); the sparoids (

Sparidæ

); the serranoids (

Serranidæ

), and some other related families.