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percoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
per-coid
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or belonging to Percoidea, a taxonomic superfamily in the order Perciformes.

noun

Any fish of the genus Perca, or allied genera of the family Percidae (originally named "Percoides" before family-name endings were standardized).

Obsolete

noun

Any fish in the superfamily Percoidea

Etymology

From Latin perca (“perch”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

percoids (plural)

Synonyms

percoidean percoid fish

Questions

What does percoid mean?
Of or belonging to Percoidea, a taxonomic superfamily in the order Perciformes.
Where does percoid come from?
From Latin perca (“perch”).

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