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Definition of: percoid
(pûr′koid) adjective
Of or pertaining to an order (Percomorphi) of spiny–finned teleost fishes, including the fresh–water perches, the sunfishes, mackerels, tunas, blennies, and many others; perchlike.
—noun One of the Percomorphi. Also per·coi′de·an. [<L perca PERCH2 + -OID]
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