Definition of perch

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Perch (n.) A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole..

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Zander :: Zander (n.) A European pike perch (Stizostedion lucioperca) allied to the wall-eye; -- called also sandari, sander, sannat, schill, and zant..
Perchant :: Perchant (n.) A bird tied by the foot, to serve as decoy to other birds by its fluttering..
Razor-backed :: Razor-backed (a.) Having a sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a razor-backed hog, perch, etc..
Insessores :: Insessores (n. pl.) An order of birds, formerly established to include the perching birds, but now generally regarded as an artificial group..
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..
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..
Aerie :: Aerie (n.) The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest..
Teleocephial :: Teleocephial (n. pl.) An extensive order of bony fishes including most of the common market species, as bass, salmon, cod, perch, etc..
Perch :: Perch (v. i.) To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost..
Anisodactyls :: Anisodactyls (n. pl.) A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.
Percoid :: Percoid (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family Percidae..
Perchromic :: Perchromic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a certain one of the highly oxidized compounds of chromium, which has a deep blue color, and is produced by the action of hydrogen peroxide..
Percher :: Percher (v. i.) One who, or that which, perches..
Anomaliped :: Anomaliped (n.) One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones..
Crow''s-nest :: Crow's-nest (n.) A box or perch near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout..
Hyperoxymuriate :: Hyperoxymuriate (n.) A perchlorate.
Supercharge :: Supercharging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supercharg.
Superchemical :: Supercharge (n.) A bearing charged upon another bearing.
Sea Perch :: Sea perch () The sea bass.
Hyperchloric :: Hyperchloric (a.) See Perchloric.
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