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FAMILY PERCIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perches
Synonyms:
family Percidae; Percidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Percidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Percidae"):
perch (spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes)
genus Perca; Perca (type genus of the Percidae)
genus Stizostedion; Stizostedion (pike-perches)
genus Percina; Percina (a genus of Percidae)
Holonyms ("family Percidae" 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)