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PERCOIDEA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

In some classifications nearly or exactly equivalent to the Perciformes which are considered a suborder

Synonyms:

Percoidea; suborder Percoidea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Percoidea" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Percoidea"):

family Sillaginidae; Sillaginidae (small family of small food fishes in shallow waters of the Pacific around Indonesia)

Holonyms ("Percoidea" is a member of...):

order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)

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