PERCOIDEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Percoidea mean? 

• PERCOIDEA (noun)
  The noun PERCOIDEA has 1 sense:

1. in some classifications nearly or exactly equivalent to the Perciformes which are considered a suborder

  Familiarity information: PERCOIDEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERCOIDEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Percoidea; suborder Percoidea

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)