Definition of perch

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Perch (n.) Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis)..

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Sunfish :: Sunfish (n.) Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrachidae. They have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines. Among the common species of the Eastern United States are Lepomis gibbosus (called also bream, pondfish, pumpkin seed, and sunny), the blue sunfish, or dollardee (L. pallidus), and the long-eared sunfish (L. auritus). Several of the species are called also pondfish..
Perchlorate :: Perchlorate (n.) A salt of perchloric acid.
Pondfish :: Pondfish (n.) Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes belonging to the family Centrarchidae; -- called also pond perch, and sunfish..
Egling :: Egling (n.) The European perch when two years old.
Percase :: Percase (adv.) Perhaps; perchance.
Sea Perch :: Sea perch () The sea bass.
Wall-eye :: Wall-eye (n.) An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion vitreum) having large and prominent eyes; -- called also glasseye, pike perch, yellow pike, and wall-eyed perch..
Mademoiselle :: Mademoiselle (n.) A marine food fish (Sciaena chrysura), of the Southern United States; -- called also yellowtail, and silver perch..
Sea Perch :: Sea perch () The name is applied also to other species of fishes.
Block :: Block (v. t.) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
Perchloride :: Perchloride (n.) A chloride having a higher proportion of chlorine than any other chloride of the same substance or series.
Rod :: Rod (n.) A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also perch, and pole..
Hyperchromatism :: Hyperchromatism (n.) The condition of having an unusual intensity of color.
Perch :: Perch (n.) Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidae, Serranidae, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches..
Isonandra :: Isonandra (n.) A genus of sapotaceous trees of India. Isonandra Gutta is the principal source of gutta-percha.
Yellowtail :: Yellowtail (n.) The mademoiselle, or silver perch..
Hyperoxymuriatic :: Hyperoxymuriatic (a.) Perchloric; as, hyperoxymuriatic acid..
Insessores :: Insessores (n. pl.) An order of birds, formerly established to include the perching birds, but now generally regarded as an artificial group..
Ctenoidei :: Ctenoidei (n. pl.) A group of fishes, established by Agassiz, characterized by having scales with a pectinated margin, as in the perch. The group is now generally regarded as artificial..
Parcase :: Parcase (adv.) Perchance; by chance.
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