Percis (persis)

[NL., Percis (Parapercis) sex fasci at a. jaw, and teeth on the jaws and vomer. The species inhabit the temperate and tropical Pacific. One species, Percis colias, is one of the most common fish of New Zealand, and weighs about five pounds. It is known as the coalfish, rock-cod, and blue cod. Also called Parapercis. per close (pėr'klöz), n. [Also parclose (and erroneously para close ); clos, parcloos, pp. of præcludere, shut off, shut up: see preclude.] 1t. Conclusion. As there is no escape for the rain-water which trickles down the sides of the ravine-like hollow, it must all Darwin, Geol. Observations, i. 29. percolate (pėr'kō-lāt), n . [ percolate , v.] That which has percolated or pa ed through a filter or strainer; a filtered liquid. percolation percolation (per-ko-lash on) (per-ko-l [ percola n. a straining through, the act of filtering, Percolation or transmi ion (which is commonly called straining). Bacon , Nat. Hist., § 3. 2. In phar., the proce of extracting the soluble parts of powdered substances by pa ing through them succe ive quantities of a solvent which yields a clear extract free from insoluble matters: used in the sense of displacement. percolator (per'kō-lā-tor), n. [= F. percola teur; as percolate + -or1.] 1. One who or that which filters. These ti ues ... act as percolators. Henfrey, Elem. Botany. 2. A form of filtering coffee-pot. The best and most convenient form of coffee-pot is called a percolator . Spons' Encyc . Manuf., I. 423. 3. A nearly cylindrical or slightly conical ves sel with a funnel end below, used in pharmacy lati on. for preparing extracts by the proce of perco Raleigh. IMG:content-2668.png:[blocks in formation] Per close, 4. 4. In her., a dem i-garter. [Rare.] percnopter (perk-nop'ter), n. [NL. Percnop terus.] A vulture of the genus Neophron. Percnopterinæ (pėrk-nop-te-ri'në), n. pl. [NL., Among the elect, to whom it is your distinction to aspire to belong, the rule holds to abstain from any employment of the obvious, the percoct , and likewise, for your own sake, from the epitonic, the overstrained. IMG:content-2669.png:[blocks in formation] I. a. Of or pertaining to the Per com or phi. Also per com orphic, per com or pho us. II. n. A member of the Per com or phi . Per com or phi (per-kō-môr'fi), n. pl . [NL., πέρκη , perch, + μορφή , form.] In Cope's ichthyological system (1870), an order of physoclistous fishes, with the ventral fins thoracic or jugular, skull normal, bones of jaws distinct, and inferior pharyngeals separate. It thus includes most acanthopterygian fishes. per com orphic (per-kō-môr'fik), a. [ per contra (per konträ). [L.: per, by; contra, against: see per and contra.] On the contrary. Percophidæ (pėr-kof'i-dē), n. pl. [NL. (Adams, 1854), a short first and a long second dorsal, and complete thoracic ventrals moderately approximated. The species are chiefly inhabitants of the seas of the southern hemisphere. They are sometimes called serpentiform perches. Per cop his (per' kō-fis), n. [NL., II. n. A fish of the family Percophidæ . Percopsidæ (per-kop'si-dē), n. pl . [NL., Per cops is + -idæ .] A family of physostomous fishes represented by the genus Per cops is ; the trout-perches. The body has the form and fins, especially the adipose fin, of a trout, and is covered with ctenoid scales comparable with those of a perch. The margin of the upper jaw is formed by the intermaxillary bones, the opercular apparatus is complete, the gill-openings are wide, and an adipose fin is present. Only one species is certainly known.