perch

Meaning

1. Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
2. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
3. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
4. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
5. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
6. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
7. Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.

roost

perch about

white perch

black porgy

hen-roost

black sae bream

black sea-bream

dark-finned black porgy

golden perch

goldsilk bream

freshwater bream

black bream

callop

billot

gerres

grey fin sea bream

murray bream

murray perch

mylio berda

pickey bream

picnic sea bream

picnic seabream

pikey bream

river bream

riverbream

tarki

land from flight

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɜːtʃ/

From Middle English perche, from Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”), cognate with περκνός (perknós, “dark-spotted”).

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