• (n. pl.) An order of fishes including the gray mullets (Mugil), the barracudas, the silversides, and other related fishes. So called from their relation both to perches and to pikes.
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Per·ces'o·ces noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin
perca a perch +
esox ,
-ocis , a pike.]
(Zoology) An order of fishes including the gray mullets (
Mugil ), the barracudas, the silversides, and other related fishes. So called from their relation both to perch...
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