Perciformes

Definition: Perciformes

Perciformes

Noun

1. One of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna.

Etymology: Perciformes \Per`ci*for"mes\, plural noun. [New Latin]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Perciformes

Domain	Definitions
Food & Agriculture	Order of fish. Source: European Union. (references)
Health	The most diversified of all fish orders and the largest vertebrate order. It includes many of the commonly known fish such as porgies, croakers, mullets, dolphin fish, etc. (references)
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Synonyms: Perciformes

Synonyms: order Perciformes (n), order Percomorphi (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Perciformes

English words defined with "Perciformes": Centropomidae ♦ family Centropomidae ♦ order Perciformes ♦ perch, Perciform, percoid, percoid fish, Percoidea, percoidean ♦ suborder Percoidea. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Perciformes" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (perch-like fish, Perciformes).

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Commercial Usage: Perciformes

Domain	Title
Books	A review of freshwater Percoids from South America (Pisces, Osteichthyes, Perciformes, Percichthyidae, and Perciliidae) (reference) (more book examples)
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Expression: Perciformes

Expression using "Perciformes": order Perciformes. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Perciformes

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
perciformes	5
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Modern Translations: Perciformes

Language		Translations for "Perciformes"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		aborre (bass, European perch, perch, perch-like fish). (various references)

Dutch		baarsachtigen (perch-like fish). (various references)

French		Perciformes (perch-like fish). (various references)

German		Barschartige (perch-like fish). (various references)

Greek		περκοειδείς (perch-like fish, percoids). (various references)

Italian		Perciformi (perch-like fish). (various references)

Pig Latin		erciformespay
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Ancestral Language Translations: Perciformes

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Perciformes. (various references)
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Rhyming with "Perciformes"

Words rhyming with "Perciformes" (pronounced 'Per`ci*for"mes'): Alkermes, Anseriformes, Comes, Fomes, Hermes, Pelecaniformes, Piciformes, Scombriformes, Termes, Turdiformes, Vermes. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Perciformes

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-f-i-m-o-p-r-r-s"
	-3 letters: compeers, comperes, comprise, crimpers, emperors, forcipes, frescoer, misrefer, moperies, perforce, performs, piercers, preciser, prefires, preforms, premiers, premorse, prescore, primeros, primrose, promisee, promiser, recopies, reimpose, reprices, roperies, scrimper, simperer.
	-4 letters: cirrose, comfier, compeer, compere, copiers, corries, crepier, crimper, crisper, crosier, emperor, empires, emprise, epimers, episome, ferries, fiercer, firmers, forceps, forcers, formers, imposer, imprese.
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