Percesoces

Percesoces Per*ces"o*ces, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. perca a perch + esox, -ocis, a pike.] (Zo["o]l.) 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. [1913 Webster]