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percidae


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Perciformes  \Per`ci*for"mes\,  n.  pl  [NL.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  An  extensive  tribe  or  suborder  of  fishes,  including  the  true 
  perches  ({Percid[ae]});  the  pondfishes  ({Centrarchid[ae]}); 
  the  sci[ae]noids  ({Sci[ae]nid[ae]});  the  sparoids 
  ({Sparid[ae]});  the  serranoids  ({Serranid[ae]}),  and  some 
  other  related  families. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Percidae 
  n  :  active  freshwater  fishes;  true  perches  and  pike  perches 
  [syn:  {Percidae},  {family  Percidae}] 




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