perch : Idioms & Phrases
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Black perch
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(a) The black bass .(b) The flasher .(c) The sea bass.
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Blue perch
- the cunner.
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Climbing perch
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noun a small perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe air; has spiny pectoral fins that enable it to travel on land
A. testudineus; Anabas testudineus.
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(Zoöl.) SeeAnabas , andLabyrinthici .
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european perch
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noun a perch native to Europe
Perca fluviatilis.
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giant perch
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noun a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats
Lates calcarifer; giant seaperch; Asian seabass; barramundi; white seabass.
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Gray perch
- the fresh-water drum.
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Log perch
(Zoöl.) , an ethiostomoid fish, or darter (Percina caprodes ); called alsohogfish androckfish .
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ocean perch
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noun North Atlantic rockfish
redfish; rosefish.
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noun large fish of northern Atlantic coasts of America and Europe
Sebastodes marinus; rosefish.
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Perch pest
- a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of the perch.
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perching bird
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noun a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
percher; Insessores; order Insessores.
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Pike perch
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noun any of several pike-like fishes of the perch family
pike perch.
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(Zoöl.) , any fresh-water fish of the genusStizostedion (formerlyLucioperca ). SeeWall-eye , andSauger .
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pike-perch
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noun any of several pike-like fishes of the perch family
pike perch.
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Pirate perch
(Zoöl.) , a fresh-water percoid fish of the United States (Aphredoderus Sayanus ). It is of a dark olive color, speckled with blackish spots.
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rainbow perch
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noun Pacific coast fish
rainbow seaperch; Hipsurus caryi.
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Red perch
- the rosefish.
(Zoöl.) , the rosefish.
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Red-bellied perch
- the long-eared pondfish.
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sea perch
Sea" perch`
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(Zoöl.) (a) The European bass ( Roccus, ∨ Labrax, lupus ); -- called alsosea dace .(b) The cunner. (c) The sea bass. (d) The name is applied also to other species of fishes.
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Silver perch
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noun small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
mademoiselle; Bairdiella chrysoura.
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noun small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams
Morone americana; silver perch.
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- the yellowtail.
(Zoöl.) , the mademoiselle, 2.
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Stone , ∨ Striped , perch
- the pope.
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Trout perch
(Zoöl.) , a small fresh-water American fish (Percopsis guttatus ), allied to the trout, but resembling a perch in its scales and mouth.
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White perch
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noun small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams
Morone americana; silver perch.
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(Zoöl.) (a) A North American fresh-water bass (Morone Americana ) valued as a food fish.(b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.(c) Any California surf fish. - the
Roccus, ∨ Morone, Americanus , a small silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast.
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Yellow perch
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noun North American perch
Perca flavescens.
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(Zoöl.) , the common American perch. SeePerch .