percolator

[Eng. percolat (e); -or.] One who or that which filters; a filter. Specif., a French coffee-pot, in which the boiling water is filtered through the ground coffee. *per-col-lice, s. [PORTCULLIS.) per-co-mor-phē, s . pl . [N. L., from Lat. perca =perch; and Gr. morphe =form.] Zool.: A family of fishes including the perches and kindred kinds. perc-oph-Is, s . [Gr. perke a perch; and ophis =a serpent.] Ichthy.: A genus of Trachinina (q. v.), with the characters of the group, from the coast of southern Brazil. 3062