Percesoces \Per*ces"o*ces\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. L. perca a
perch + esox, -ocis, a pike.] (Zool.)
An order of fishes including the gray mullets ({Mugil}), the
barracudas, the silversides, and other related fishes. So
called from their relation both to perches and to pikes.
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