Percoid \Per"coid\, a. [L. perca a perch + -oid: cf. F. perco["i]de.] (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family {Percid[ae]}. -- n. Any fish of the genus {Perca}, or allied genera of the family {Percid[ae]}.
percoid n : any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes [syn: {percoid fish}, {percoidean}]