percomorphi Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
    Perciformes; order Percomorphi; order Perciformes.

WordNet

Per`co*mor"phi noun plural
Etymology
NL., fr. L. perca perch + Gr. form.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A division of fishes including the perches and related kinds.

Webster 1913