Home › Words › P › percoidpercoidpercoid · adj — of or belonging to Percoidea, a taxonomic superfamily in the order Perciformes.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom Latin perca (“perch”).adjOf or belonging to Percoidea, a taxonomic superfamily in the order Perciformes.nounAny fish of the genus Perca, or allied genera of the family Percidae (originally named "Percoides" before family-name endings were standardized).Any fish in the superfamily PercoideaDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.percomorph 71% match — Any perciform fish. vs percoid →perciform 70% match — 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. vs percoid →percophid 68% match — Any fish in the family Percophidae. vs percoid →zoarcoid 67% match — Of or pertaining to the perciform suborder Zoarcoidei. vs percoid →percopsiform 66% match — Any fish of the order Percopsiformes vs percoid →percesocine 66% match — Relating to, or resembling, fish of suborder Percesoces, including gray mullets, barracudas, and silversides. vs percoid →percid 65% match — Any fish in the family Percidae, the perches and darters. vs percoid →percomorphacean 63% match — Any fish of the clade or subdivision Percomorphaceae vs percoid →