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from The Century Dictionary.
- In. Cope's ichthyological system (1870), an order of physoclistous fishes, with the ventral fins thoracic or jugular, skull normal, bones of jaws distinct, and inferior pharyngeals separate. It thus includes most a canthopterygian fishes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) A division of fishes including the perches and related kinds.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
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