What is "percoid"

Percoid \Per"coid\, a. [L. perca a perch + -oid: cf. F. perco["i]de.] (Zo["o]l.) 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. Of or belonging to Percoidea, a taxonomic superfamily in the order Perciformes. n. Any fish of the genus ''Perca'', or allied genera of the family Percidae.

n. any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes [syn: percoid fish, percoidean]