Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the form or structure of a perch; percoid; of or pertaining to the Perciformes.
- noun A percoid fish; a member of the Perciformes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Perciformes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to any of very many
fish , of the orderPerciformes , that have fin spines, a swim bladder without a duct, usually ctenoid scales, and 17 or fewer caudal fin rays. - noun Such a fish
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Examples
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The icefishes (or white-blooded fishes) are a family (Channichthyidae) of perciform fish found in the cold waters around Antarctica and southern South America.
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The Antarctic icefish belong to the perciform suborder Notothenioidei and are the largely endemic, dominant fish taxa in the cold continental shelf waters surrounding
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Local fishermen used to fish carp and perciform fish near the shores of the lake, as food for their families.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Local fishermen used to fish carp and perciform fish near the shores of the lake, as food for their families.
innovations-report 2010
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Local fishermen used to fish carp and perciform fish near the shores of the lake, as food for their families.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Local fishermen used to fish carp and perciform fish near the shores of the lake, as food for their families.
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Local fishermen used to fish carp and perciform fish near the shores of the lake, as food for their families.
innovations-report 2010
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Local fishermen used to fish carp and perciform fish near the shores of the lake, as food for their families.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Local fishermen used to fish carp and perciform fish near the shores of the lake, as food for their families.
innovations-report 2010
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Local fishermen used to fish carp and perciform fish near the shores of the lake, as food for their families.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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