'Percesoces' definitions:

Definition of 'Percesoces'

From: GCIDE

Percesoces \Per*ces"o*ces\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. L. perca a perch + esox, -ocis, a pike.] (Zool.) An order of fishes including the gray mullets (Mugil), the barracudas, the silversides, and other related fishes. So called from their relation both to perches and to pikes. [1913 Webster]