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noun perch n. (Written also pearch) (Zool.) 1.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 syn. Perca Americana), and the European perch (Perca fluviatilis). 2.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. Blue perch, the cunner. Gray perch, the fresh-water drum. Red perch, the rosefish. Red-bellied perch, the long-eared pondfish. Perch pest, a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of the perch. Silver perch, the yellowtail. Stone perch, or Striped perch, the pope. White perch, the Roccus Americanus, or Morone Americanus, a small silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast.
Perch n. 1.A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat. "As chauntecleer among his wives all Sat on his perche, that was in his hall." "Not making his high place the lawless perch Of winged ambitions." 2.(a)A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole. (b)In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre. (c)In solid measure: A mass 16½ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1½ feet in breadth, or 24¾ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); used in measuring stonework. 3.A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
verb Perch v. t. 1.To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.
Perch v. i. (past & past part. perched; pres. part. perching) To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost. "Wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch."
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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