Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A perch, as a member of the Percidæ.
  • Like a perch; percoid or percine.

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  • noun zoology Any member of the Percidae.

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  • While the warmer-water percid and cyprinid species are restricted to the southwest and unlikely to extend their range to the north (unless moved by humans) because of dispersal barriers [18], the euryhaline salmonids are able to move from estuary to estuary as conditions allow.

    Climate change effects on arctic freshwater fish populations 2009

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