Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perciformes

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
per-ci-formes
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

An extensive order of fishes, including the true perches ( Percidæ ); the pondfishes ( Centrarchidæ ); the sciænoids ( Sciænidæ ); the sparoids ( Sparidæ ); the serranoids ( Serranidæ ), and some other related families.

Questions

What does perciformes mean?
An extensive order of fishes, including the true perches ( Percidæ ); the pondfishes ( Centrarchidæ ); the sciænoids ( Sciænidæ ); the sparoids ( Sparidæ ); the serranoids ( Serranidæ ), and some other related families.

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