perch
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4.2
- noun
- /pɜrʧ/
:
perca
- The fisherman was excited to catch several perch during his trip to the lake.
- Nile perch
- yellow perch
- pike-perch
Examples
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Paolo caught some Nile perch.
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We caught a good many perch, buttermouth, and mackerel that day.
Fiction book (2000) -
- Ah, we got two perch.
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I like a perch dinner with fried potatoes.
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White perch.
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I ran to the nearer tip-up and pulled up a fat yellow perch of about a pound.
Fiction book (2002) -
Then the school of perch passed over the reef and stopped biting as abruptly as they had started.
Fiction book (2002) -
Pepe put the bucket filled with yellow perch on the front of the hand sled.
Fiction book (2002) -
Sometimes we caught yellow-and-green striped perch with orange fins and listened to them flop inside the plastic cooler.
Fiction book (1991) -
Sunlight shimmered from dewy pine needles, and yellow perch drifted in and out of the still pools between the boulders.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
A freshwater fish with a greenish body and red fins found in Europe and northern Asia
A fresh water fish with a green body and red fins found in Europe and northern Asia
A group of freshwater fish including the common perch
Idioms
- Informal
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7.9
To defeat the person or team at the top and take their place
Compounds
- US
1
6.6
A small silvery freshwater fish found in streams in eastern North America, often caught for food or sport
- US
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5.1
A freshwater fish with a yellow body and dark stripes, caught for food and sport
- Indian
A small freshwater fish that can breathe air and move on land using its pointed fins
A fresh water fish with a green body and red fins found in Europe and northern Asia
A small bright fish from the Pacific coast of North America with shiny colorful scales
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Perch (fish) comes from an old word perca that named a similar fish, so the name simply points to this common freshwater fish with spiny fins.