Definition of Percidae

1. Noun. Active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perches.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Percidae

Peptostreptococcus parvulus
Peptostreptococcus plagarumbelli
Peptostreptococcus productus
Pepys
Pepysian
Pequiste
Pequistes
Pequot
Pequots
Perak
Peramelidae
Perca flavescens
Perca fluviatilis
Percherons
Percidae (current term)
Percina
Percina tanasi
Percival
Percival Lowell
Percoll
Percophidae
Percy
Percy Aldridge Grainger
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Grainger
Perdicidae
Perdicinae
Perdix perdix
Pere Jacques Marquette

Literary usage of Percidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Zoology: A Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits, Instincts by William Benjamin Carpenter (1848)
"Other Percidae, however, have the ventrals situated upon the throat, ... A third division of the Percidae comprises those which are abdominal, ..."

2. Zoology: An Elementary Text-book by Arthur Everett Shipley, Ernest William MacBride (1904)
"Many families of most varied structure are included in this subdivision : the two best known are the SCOMBRIDAE, including the Mackerel and the Percidae or ..."

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