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What (who) is Perch - definition

GENUS OF FISHES
Perchaude; The Perch; Perches; Perch (fish); Perca (genus); Perca (fish); Percinae
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perch         
perch1
¦ noun
1. a thing on which a bird alights or roosts.
2. a high or narrow seat or resting place.
¦ verb
1. alight, sit, or rest on a perch.
2. (be perched) (of a building) be situated above or on the edge of something.
3. (perch someone/thing on) set or balance someone or something on.
Derivatives
percher noun
Origin
ME: the noun from perch3; the verb from OFr. percher.
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perch2
¦ noun (plural same or perches) a freshwater fish with a high spiny dorsal fin, dark vertical bars on the body, and orange lower fins. [Perca fluviatilis (Europe), P. flavescens (yellow perch, N. America), and other species.]
?used in names of similar or related fishes, e.g. climbing perch.
Origin
ME: from OFr. perche, via L. from Gk perke.
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perch3
¦ noun historical
1. a measure of length equal to a quarter of a chain or 5 1/2 yards (approximately 5.029 m).
2. (also square perch) a measure of area equal to 160th of an acre or 30 1/4 square yards (approximately 25.29 sq. metres).
Origin
ME (in the sense 'pole, stick'): from OFr. perche, from L. pertica 'measuring rod, pole'.
perch         
I
n. a high perch
II
v. (P; intr.) the birds perched on the wire
Perch         
·vt To occupy as a perch.
II. Perch ·vt To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.
III. Perch ·vi To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.
IV. Perch ·noun A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.
V. Perch ·noun A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
VI. Perch ·noun In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an Acre.
VII. Perch ·noun 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.
VIII. Perch ·noun Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidae, Serranidae, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.
IX. Perch ·noun In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet);
- used in measuring stonework.
X. Perch ·noun Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).

Wikipedia

Perch

Perch is a common name for fish of the genus Perca, freshwater gamefish belonging to the family Percidae. The perch, of which three species occur in different geographical areas, lend their name to a large order of vertebrates: the Perciformes, from the Greek: πέρκη (perke), simply meaning perch, and the Latin forma meaning shape. Many species of freshwater gamefish more or less resemble perch, but belong to different genera. In fact, the exclusively saltwater-dwelling red drum is often referred to as a red perch, though by definition perch are freshwater fish. Though many fish are referred to as perch as a common name, to be considered a true perch, the fish must be of the family Percidae.

The type species for this genus is the European perch, P. fluviatilis.

Examples of use of Perch
1. Small Nile perch ate prawns, slightly bigger perch ate prawns and a sardine–like fish native to the lake, and the largest perch became cannabilistic, feeding off the smaller ones.
2. Sir Alex Ferguson‘s brilliance famously knocked Liverpool off their perch.
3. Ceiling fans hang from open–thatch roofs where geckos perch.
4. We‘re looking down from this perch upon more circling vultures.
5. Within a couple of decades, Nile perch numbers had exploded.