Word

percoid, n.
(percoids)

any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
<noun.animal>

percoid percoid fish percoidean

semantic pointers

hypernym

spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian

member holonym

Perciformes, order Perciformes, Percomorphi, order Percomorphi

hyponym

perch perch sandfish cusk-eel brotula pearlfish, pearl-fish robalo pike sunfish, centrarchid bass serranid fish, serranid surfperch, surffish, surf fish bigeye catalufa, Priacanthus arenatus cardinalfish tilefish, Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix cobia, Rachycentron canadum, sergeant fish carangid fish, carangid dolphinfish, dolphin, mahimahi blanquillo, tilefish cichlid, cichlid fish snapper grunt sparid, sparid fish sea bream, bream sciaenid fish, sciaenid mullet mullet, grey mullet, gray mullet sea chub spadefish, angelfish, Chaetodipterus faber butterfly fish damselfish, demoiselle wrasse parrotfish, polly fish, pollyfish threadfin jawfish stargazer sand stargazer blennioid fish, blennioid goby, gudgeon sleeper, sleeper goby flathead archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix worm fish surgeonfish gempylid cutlassfish, frost fish, hairtail scombroid, scombroid fish butterfish, stromateid fish, stromateid clingfish tripletail mojarra whiting