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Webster 1913 Edition


Percoid

Per′coid

(pẽr′koid)
,
Adj.
[L.
perca
a perch +
-oid
: cf. F.
percoïde
.]
(Zool.)
Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family
Percidæ
.
–
Noun.
Any fish of the genus
Perca
, or allied genera of the family
Percidæ
; a percoidean.