'Percoid' definitions:
Definition of 'percoid'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes [syn: percoid fish, percoid, percoidean]
Definition of 'Percoid'
From: GCIDE
- Percoid \Per"coid\ (p[~e]r"koid), a. [L. perca a perch + -oid: cf. F. perco["i]de.] (Zool.) Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family Percid[ae]. -- n. Any fish of the genus Perca, or allied genera of the family Percid[ae]; a percoidean. [1913 Webster]