perch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɜːtʃ/
ipa: /pɝt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tʃ
Forms: form: perches
form: perch
Etymology: From Middle English perche, from Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”), cognate with περκνός (perknós, “dark-spotted”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-, whence also Old English forn (“trout”), German Forelle (“trout”).
Senses: glosses: Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
glosses: Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
Acanthopagrus berda
glosses: Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
qualifier: Ghana
glosses: Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus
glosses: Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
Kyphosus azureus
glosses: Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
glosses: Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
Hyponyms: sense: fish in genus Perca
word: Balkhash perch
sense: fish in genus Perca
word: European perch
sense: fish in genus Perca
word: yellow perch
sense: fish in family Percidae
word: darter
sense: fish in family Percidae
word: pike-perch
sense: fish in family Percidae
word: zander
sense: fish in order Perciformes
word: bass
Derived terms: taxonomic: Perca flavescens
word: American perch
taxonomic: Perca schrenkii
word: Balkhash perch
taxonomic: Caesioperca rasor
word: barber perch
taxonomic: Morone americana
word: bass perch
taxonomic: Embiotoca jacksoni
word: black perch
taxonomic: Morone americana
word: bluenose perch
taxonomic: Badis badis
word: blue perch
word: estuarine perch
taxonomic: Morone americana
word: gray perch
taxonomic: Nemadactylus douglasii
word: great perch
taxonomic: Sebastes inermis
word: Japanese red seaperch
taxonomic: Perca flavescens
word: lake perch
taxonomic: Percina spp.
word: logperch
word: Macquarie perch
taxonomic: Lates niloticus
word: Nile perch
word: ocean perch
taxonomic: Sebastes alutus
word: Pacific ocean perch
taxonomic: Ambassidae spp.
word: perchlet
word: perchlike
word: perchling
word: perch pest
taxonomic: Sander spp.
word: pikeperch
taxonomic: Aphredoderus sayanus
word: pirate perch
taxonomic: Perca flavescens
word: raccoon perch
word: rainbow perch
taxonomic: Lepomis auritus
word: red-bellied perch
taxonomic: Helicolenus percoides
word: red gurnard perch
word: red perch
taxonomic: Perca flavescens
word: ringed perch
taxonomic: Perca flavescens
word: ring-tail perch
taxonomic: Girella tricuspidata
word: rockperch
taxonomic: Sebastes norvegicus
word: rose fish
taxonomic: Pinguipedidae spp.
word: sandperch
taxonomic: Morone americana
word: sea perch → seaperch
taxonomic: Morone americana
word: silver perch
alt: Acerina cernua
word: stone perch
taxonomic: Perca flavescens
word: striped perch
word: sunperch
taxonomic: Embiotocidae spp.
word: surfperch
alt: Persopsis omiscomaycus
word: trout-perch
word: tule perch
taxonomic: Morone americana
word: white perch
taxonomic: Perca flavescens
word: yellow perch