| percesoces | <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 perches and to pikes. Origin: NL, fr. L. Perca a perch + esox, -ocis, a pike. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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