percoid fish

1. 1.

   any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

   Synonymspercoidpercoidean

   Broaderspiny-finned fish

   Narrowerperchsandfishcusk-eelbrotulapearlfishrobalopikesunfishbassserranid fish

   Part ofPerciformes

Questions about percoid fish

What does percoid fish mean?

percoid fish means "any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes".

What is another word for percoid fish?

Close synonyms include percoid, percoidean. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is percoid fish a common word?

percoid fish is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.