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单词 percomorph
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percomorphadj.n.

Brit. /ˈpəːkəmɔːf/, U.S. /ˈpərkəˌmɔrf/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Percomorphi, Percomorpha.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Percomorphi, former order name (E. D. Cope 1871, in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 14 458) < Perca , genus name (see percid n. and adj.) + -o- -o- connective + -morphi (see -morph comb. form). In later use < scientific Latin Percomorpha, series name (D. E. Rosen 1973, in Jrnl. Linn. Soc.: Zool. 53 Suppl. No. 1. 510).
Zoology.
A. adj.
Of or relating to the former order Percomorphi or the series Percomorpha, both of which comprise most of the acanthopterygian fishes.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [adjective]
perciform1872
percomorph1884
1884 Amer. Naturalist 18 1279 Professor D. S. Jordan..has written a number of important monographs of various Percomorph genera.
1952 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 236 180 Fish-bones..were described by the British Museum of Natural History as Percomorph.
1994 J. S. Nelson Fishes of World (ed. 3) 278 In their critical analysis of percomorph relationships, Johnson and Patterson..recognize a monophyletic group.
B. n.
A percomorph fish.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Percomorph n., a member of the Percomorphi.
1960 Ecol. Monogr. 30 111/2 The herbivorous feeding habit and associated..changes..make their entry with the percomorphs in the Family Mugilidae.
1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xv. 254/1 The echeneid remoras or sharksuckers are a highly specialized group of percomorphs.

Derivatives

percoˈmorphic adj. rare
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1890 Cent. Dict. Percomorphic, same as percomorph.
1979 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 205 304 The optic projections in Eugerres and Holocentrus (one a not so closely related percomorphic marine teleost) are very similar to that of the goldfish.
percoˈmorphous adj. rare
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1890 Cent. Dict. Percomorphous, same as percomorph.
1960 R. D. Purchon Proc. Centenary & Bicentenary Congr. Biol. Singapore, Dec. 2–9, 1958 52 A rapid adaptive radiation such as can be seen to be still proceeding in some Percomorphous families.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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