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Of or pertaining to any of very many fish, of the order Perciformes, that have fin spines, a swim bladder without a duct, usually ctenoid scales, and 17 or fewer caudal fin rays..
He stood with his sketchbook in front of the case of perciform fishes, lavishing attention on the turn and taper of every rib.
Use perciform when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Perciform means Of or pertaining to any of very many fish, of the order Perciformes, that have fin spines, a swim bladder without a duct, usually ctenoid scales, and 17 or fewer caudal fin rays..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He stood with his sketchbook in front of the case of perciform fishes, lavishing attention on the turn and taper of every rib.
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