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Noun: order Perciformes
  1. One of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
    - Perciformes, Percomorphi, order Percomorphi

Type of: animal order

Part of: Acanthopterygii, superorder Acanthopterygii

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order paper
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order Pediculati
order Pedipalpi
order Pelecaniformes
order Pelycosauria
order Perciformes
order Percomorphi
order Perissodactyla
order Peronosporales
order Pezizales
order Phalangida
order Phallales
order Phasmatodea
order Phasmida
order Pholidota
order Picariae