PERCH

perch

(noun) any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes

perch

(noun) spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes

perch

(noun) support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)

perch

(noun) any of numerous fishes of America and Europe

perch

(noun) an elevated place serving as a seat

perch, rod, pole

(noun) a square rod of land

perch, rod, pole

(noun) a linear measure of 16.5 feet

perch, roost, rest

(verb) sit, as on a branch; “The birds perched high in the tree”

alight, light, perch

(verb) to come to rest, settle; “Misfortune lighted upon him”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Perch

A surname.

Etymology 1

Noun

perch (plural perches or perch)

Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.

Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially

(South Africa) Acanthopagrus berda

(Ghana) Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus

(Australia) Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeat, Nemadactylus macropterus

(USA) Kyphosus azureus

(UK) Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus

Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.

Hyponyms

• (fish in genus Perca): Balkhash perch, European perch, yellow perch

• (fish in family Percidae): darter, pike-perch, zander

• (fish in order Perciformes): bass

Etymology 2

Noun

perch (plural perches or perch)

a rod, staff, or branch of a tree etc used as a roost by a bird

a pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.

(figurative) a position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated

(figurative) a position that is overly elevated or haughty

(dated) a linear measure of 5-1/2 yards, equal to a rod, a pole or 1/4 chain; the related square measure

a cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet

(textiles) a frame used to examine cloth

a bar used to support a candle (especially in a church)

Verb

perch (third-person singular simple present perches, present participle perching, simple past and past participle perched)

(intransitive) To rest on (or as if on) a perch; to roost.

(intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.

(transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.

(transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a perch.

Source: Wiktionary

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Perch, n. [Written also pearch.] Etym: [OE. perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. p spotted, speckled, and E. freckle.] (Zoöl.)

1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidæ, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, or Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).

2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidæ, Serranidæ, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches. 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, or Striped, perch, the pope.

– White perch, the Roccus, or Morone, Americanus, a small silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast.

Perch, n. Etym: [F. perche, L. pertica.]

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. Chaucer. Not making his high place the lawless perch Of winged ambitions. Tennyson.

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 16

3. A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.

Perch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Perched; p. pr. & vb. n. Perching.] Etym: [F. percher. See Perch a pole.]

Definition: To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost. Wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. Shak.

Perch, v. t.

1. To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.

2. To occupy as a perch. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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