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percoid, a. and n. Ichthyol.|ˈpɜːkɔɪd|
[mod. f. L. perca + -oid: first in F., in pl. Percoïdes, Cuvier's name for the perch family of acanthopterygious fishes (Percidæ).]
a. adj. Resembling or akin to a perch; belonging to the perch family of fishes.
b. n. A fish of the perch family. So perˈcoidean a. and n.; perˈcoideous a.
[1840Penny Cycl. XVII. 431/2 Percidæ, or Percoïdes of Cuvier. Ibid., The first division of the Percoïdes, according to Cuvier, comprises [etc.]. ] Ibid. 433/1 In the fifth division of Percoïd fishes the ventral fins are placed in advance of the pectorals. 1846Smart Suppl. s.v., Percoids are a tribe of acanthopterygian fishes, of which the perch is the type. 1851Gosse Nat. in Jamaica 190 It was of a percoid form..and about a foot in length. 1887Athenæum 9 July 58/3. |