Definition of perch

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Perch (v. i.) To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost..

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Rosefish :: Rosefish (n.) A large marine scorpaenoid food fish (Sebastes marinus) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also red perch, hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also, erroneously, snapper, bream, and bergylt..
Superciliary :: Superchery (n.) Deceit; fraud; imposition.
Sea Perch :: Sea perch () The name is applied also to other species of fishes.
Gutta-percha :: Gutta-percha (n.) A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, / Dichopsis, Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material..
Mademoiselle :: Mademoiselle (n.) A marine food fish (Sciaena chrysura), of the Southern United States; -- called also yellowtail, and silver perch..
Anomaliped :: Anomaliped (n.) One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones..
Stang :: Stang (n.) In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch..
Perch :: Perch (n.) In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in measuring stonework..
Barse :: Barse (n.) The common perch. See 1st Bass.
Villiform :: Villiform (a.) Having the form or appearance of villi; like close-set fibers, either hard or soft; as, the teeth of perch are villiform..
Yellowtail :: Yellowtail (n.) The mademoiselle, or silver perch..
Hogfish :: Hogfish (n.) An American fresh-water fish; the log perch.
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a branch, pole, etc..
Perchloride :: Perchloride (n.) A chloride having a higher proportion of chlorine than any other chloride of the same substance or series.
Hyperchromatism :: Hyperchromatism (n.) The condition of having an unusual intensity of color.
Lug :: Lug (n.) A measure of length, being 16/ feet; a rod, pole, or perch..
Egling :: Egling (n.) The European perch when two years old.
Percher :: Percher (v. i.) One who, or that which, perches..
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..
Insessorial :: Insessorial (a.) Pertaining to, or having the character of, perching birds..
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