Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Perciformes

Perciformes , noun, plural

[New Latin]

(Zoology) An extensive order of fishes, including the true perches (Percida); the pondfishes (Centrarchida); the scianoids (Scianida); the sparoids (Sparida); the serranoids (Serranida), and some other related families.