PERCOID FISH Synonyms

• the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)

• lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached

• major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters

• collecting the charges upon delivery

• payable by the recipient on delivery

• fool or hoax

• harass with persistent criticism or carping

• flesh of any of various American and European flatfish

• any of various European and non-European marine flatfish

• walk with great difficulty

• behave awkwardly; have difficulties

• flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass

• usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas

• lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific

• marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes

• flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish

• any of various fishes of the family Scombridae

• support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)

• a linear measure of 16.5 feet

• a square rod of land

• an elevated place serving as a seat

• any of numerous fishes of America and Europe

• spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes

• any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes

• sit, as on a branch

• to come to rest, settle

• cause to perch or sit

• deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food

• the lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks

• marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America

• marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone

• (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback

• flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas

• a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends

• Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots

• any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters

• large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite

• flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks

• large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night

• tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica

• important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks

• any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters

• New Zealand eel

• chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored

• the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae

• any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin

• any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

• any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes