- Perca flavescens
- Perch Perch (p[~e]rch), n. [Written also {pearch}.] [OE.
perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. pe`rkh; cf. perkno`s
dark-colored, Skr. p[.r][,c]ni spotted, speckled, and E.
freckle.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several
other allied genera of the family {Percid[ae]}, as the
common American or yellow perch ({Perca flavescens} syn.
{Perca Americana}), and the European perch ({Perca
fluviatilis}).
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2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the {Percid[ae]}, {Serranid[ae]}, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches. [1913 Webster]
{Black perch}. (a) The black bass. (b) The flasher. (c) The sea bass.
{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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
