Category:Percesoces

Per*ces"o*ces, n. pl. Etym: [nl., fr. L. perca a perch + esox, -ocis, A pike.] (zoöl.)

Defn: 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.