Pearch

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.] (Zool.)
     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.
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pearch \Pearch\ (p[~e]rch), n. [Obs.]
     See {Perch}.
     [1913 Webster]