Percoidea n 1: in some classifications nearly or exactly equivalent to the Perciformes which are considered a suborder [syn: {Percoidea}, {suborder Percoidea}]
Percoidea \Per*coi"de*a\ (p[~e]r*koi"d[-e]*[.a]), n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.) Same as {Perciformes}. [1913 Webster]