perciform

English

Etymology

From translingual Perciformes.

Adjective

perciform (comparative more perciform, superlative most perciform)

1. 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.
   • 2021, Richard Powers, Bewilderment, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 211:

     He stood with his sketchbook in front of the case of perciform fishes, lavishing attention on the turn and taper of every rib.

Noun

perciform (plural perciforms)

1. Such a fish.

Translations

fish

• Finnish: ahvenkala (fi)

Anagrams

• performic