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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[NL., & L.

perca

a perch +

-form

(Zool.)

Pertaining to the

Perciformes

perciform ‎(comparative more perciform, superlative most perciform)

Of or pertaining to any of very many fish, of the order Perciformes, that have fin spines, a swim bladder without a duct, usually ctenoid scales, and 17 or fewer caudal fin rays.

perciform ‎(plural perciforms)

fish