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per•coid

Pronunciation: (pûr'koid), [key]
—adj.
1. belonging to the Percoidea, a group of acanthopterygian fishes comprising the true perches and related families, and constituting one of the largest natural groups of fishes.
2. resembling a perch. Also,per•coi•de•anPronunciation: (pur-koi'dē-un). [key]

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

Percodan

percolate

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