Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word PERCH

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Definitions of PERCH

1. Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
2. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
3. Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
4. a pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
5. A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
6. A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.
7. A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.
8. (figuratively) A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.
9. (figuratively) A position that is overly elevated or haughty.
10. (dated) A linear measure of yards, equal to a rod, a pole or chain; the related square measure.
11. (textiles) A frame used to examine cloth.
12. (theatre) A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.
13. (intransitive) To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.
14. (intransitive) To sit upon the edge of something.
15. (intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.
16. (transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
17. (transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a perch.
18. A surname.
19. a type of freshwater fish

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Examples of Using PERCH in a Sentence

• Among the well-known members of this group are perch and darters (Percidae), sea bass and groupers (Serranidae).
• Perch is a common name for freshwater fish from the genus Perca, which belongs to the family Percidae of the large order Perciformes.
• The word bass comes from Middle English , meaning "perch", despite that none of the commonly referred bass species belong to the perch family Percidae.
• Butterfly perch (Caesioperca Lepidoptera) is found in the eastern Indian Ocean and the southwest Pacific Ocean, including southern Australia and New Zealand.
• The white perch (Morone americana) is not a true perch but is a fish of the temperate bass family, Moronidae, notable as a food and game fish in eastern North America.
• The perches and their relatives are in this family; well-known species include the walleye, sauger, ruffe, and three species of perch.
• As their name suggests, bee-eaters predominantly eat flying insects, especially bees and wasps, which are caught on the wing from an open perch.
• The Nile perch (Lates niloticus), also known as the African snook, Goliath perch, African barramundi, Goliath barramundi, Giant lates or the Victoria perch, is a species of freshwater fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes.
• The Bellflower area was a hunting and fishing spot due to an abundance of wild game, ducks and geese, carp and perch.
• This includes an abundancy of many types of panfish such as Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Redear Sunfish, Warmouth, and Yellow Perch.
• The lake is populated by largemouth bass (catch and release only), bluegill, crappie, carp, and perch.
• Also, the nearby Jamestown Wildlife Area (commonly called "Jamestown Lake") provides fishing for local anglers seeking small fish such as perch, crappie, and bass.
• Excelsior Township contains several lakes, including Crawford Lake, Grass Lake, Lake Five, Perch Lake, Post Lake, and the southernmost portion of Manistee Lake.
• According to the Minnesota DNR fish species living in the lake include the black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, walleye, yellow bullhead, yellow perch, white sucker, central mudminnow, and the Iowa darter.
• The fish species on the Lake include black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass, tullibee (cisco), walleye, yellow bullhead, yellow perch, bowfin (dogfish), common carp, shorthead redhorse, white sucker, banded killifish, blackchin shiner, blacknose shiner, bluntnose minnow, brook stickleback, central mudminnow, common shiner, emerald shiner, fathead minnow, golden shiner, Iowa darter, Johnny darter, least darter, logperch, mimic shiner, spottail shiner, and tadpole madtom.
• The fish species that can be found in the lake include black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass, walleye, yellow bullhead, yellow perch, bowfin (dogfish), white sucker, banded killifish, blackchin shiner, blacknose shiner, bluntnose minnow, brassy minnow, brook stickleback, central mudminnow, fathead minnow, golden shiner, Iowa darter, Johnny darter, least darter, northern redbelly dace, and tadpole madtom.
• The fish species in Fairy Lake include black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, tullibee (cisco), walleye, yellow bullhead, yellow perch, bowfin (dogfish), common carp, white sucker, banded killifish, blackchin shiner, blacknose shiner, bluntnose minnow, central mudminnow, Iowa darter, Johnny darter, and spottail shiner.
• Fish species residing in Little Osakis include black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, walleye, yellow bullhead, yellow perch, bowfin (dogfish), common carp, and white sucker.
• The fish species in the Lake include black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, walleye, yellow bullhead, yellow perch, shorthead redhorse, white sucker, central mudminnow, golden shiner, Johnny darter, and tadpole madtom.
• Fish species residing in the lake include black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, walleye, yellow bullhead, yellow perch, bowfin (dogfish), white sucker, and golden shiner.
• The fish species in Rice Lake include black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, yellow bullhead, yellow perch, common carp, and white sucker.
• The fish species living in the lake include black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, walleye, yellow perch, bowfin (dogfish), redhorse, white sucker, central mudminnow, golden shiner, Iowa darter, and tadpole madtom.
• Averaging only a mile wide, the setting stirs the imagination for a mountainous watershed teeming with trout, and they too cruise through this shallow reservoir known for offering good small mouth and largemouth bass fishing, along with pike, walleye, yellow perch and sun fish.
• Fish species in the lake include black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, walleye, yellow bullhead, yellow perch, bigmouth buffalo, bowfin (dogfish), common carp, white sucker, banded killifish, blacknose shiner, bluntnose minnow, central mudminnow, golden shiner, Iowa darter, Johnny darter, least darter, and tadpole madtom.
• The most common game species of fish in the lake are: largemouth bass, bluegill, black crappie, muskellunge, yellow perch, chain pickerel, pumpkinseed and walleye.

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