perch
see also: Perch
Pronunciation Noun
Perch
Proper noun
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see also: Perch
Pronunciation 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.
- French: perche
- German: Barsch
- Italian: pesce persico, perca
- Portuguese: perca
- Russian: о́кунь
- Spanish: perca
perch (plural perches or perch)
- a rod, staff, or branch of a tree etc used as a roost by a bird
- 1859, Alfred Tennyson, Idylls of the King, Dedication
- Not making his high place the lawless perch / Of winged ambitions.
- 1859, Alfred Tennyson, Idylls of the King, Dedication
- 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
- quote en
- (dated) a linear measure of frac 5 yards, equal to a rod, a pole or frac 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)
perch (perches, present participle perching; 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#Noun|perch.
- German: niederlassen, setzen, niedersetzen
- Italian: appollaiarsi
- Portuguese: empoleirar-se
- Russian: возвышаться
- Portuguese: empoleirar
Perch
Proper noun
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