noun
in some classifications nearly or exactly equivalent to the Perciformes which are considered a suborder
• Syn: ↑suborder Percoidea
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Perciformes, ↑order Perciformes, ↑Percomorphi, ↑order Percomorphi
• Member Meronyms: ↑Sillaginidae, ↑family Sillaginidae
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\(ˌ)pərˈkȯidēə\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a suborder of Percomorphi of uncertain limits that includes Percidae, Centrarchidae, Serranidae, Sparidae, and numerous other families and constitutes even in its least extensive application one of the largest natural groups of fishes
Useful english dictionary. 2012.