Percesoces
Per`ces´o`ces
n. pl. | 1. | (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. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.