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perciformes |
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]: Perciformes n : one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna [syn: {Perciformes}, {order Perciformes}, {Percomorphi}, {order Percomorphi}]
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