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| per·coid [ púr kòyd ] |
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bony and spiny-finned: belonging or relating to a large suborder of bony spiny-finned fishes that includes the perch, sea bass, sunfishes, and red mullet. Suborder Percoidea.
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| [Mid-19th century. < modern Latin Percoidea< Latin perca (see perch2)] |
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 per·coid noun |
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