Look up: Perch

1. Perch
   The perch is any of the largest order of spiny-finned bony fishes, the Perciformes, with some 8,000 species. This order includes the sea basses, cichlids, damselfishes, mullets, barracudas, wrasses, and gobies. Perches of the freshwater genus Perca are found in Europe, Asia, and North America. They have varied shapes and are usually a greenish color. They are very prolific, spawning when about three years old, and have voracious appetites.
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2. Perch
   A lighting position concealed behind the proscenium.
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3. Perch
   Any of a number of spiny-finned freshwater fish found in North America and Europe. The best known U.S. perch is the "yellow perch." Perch have a mild, firm, low-fat flesh. The saltwater white perch and ocean perch are not true perches.
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4. perch
   [n] - (British) a linear measure of 16.5 feet 2. [n] - a square rod of land 3. [n] - an elevated place serving as a seat 4. [n] - any of numerous fishes of America and Europe 5. [n] - support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird) 6. [n] - spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes 7. [n] - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes 8. [v] - cause to perch or sit 9. [v] - sit, as on a branch
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5. Perch
   Position above stage level on the stage side of the proscenium wall either side of the opening.
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6. Perch
   A place for hanging lanterns, on the side wall of the theatre auditorium.
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7. perch
   a small beacon,often an untrimmed sapling,used to mark channels through mudflats or sand banks,often of a temporary nature 99999INTERNATIONAL DE MONACO,1951 Category: Transport • To inspect cloth in a vertical(hanging)position or at an angle inclined upwards away from the source of light. Category: Various industries and crafts • controlling place in the textile industry wi…
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8. Perch
   Perch (pẽrch) noun [ Written also pearch .] [ Middle English perche , French perche , Latin perca , from Greek pe`rkh ; confer perkno`s dark-colored, Sanskrit prçni spotted, speckled, and English freckle .] (Zoology) 1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family …
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9. Perch
   Perch noun [ French perche , Latin pertica .] 1. 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. « As chauntecleer among his wives all Sat on his perche , that was in his hall.» Chaucer. « Not making his high place the lawless perch
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10. Perch
    Perch intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Perched ; present participle & verbal noun Perching .] [ French percher . See Perch a pole.] To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost. « Wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch .» Shak.
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11. Perch
    Perch transitive verb 1. To place or to set on, or as on, a perch. 2. To occupy as a perch. Milton.
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12. perch
    <zoology> ... 1. 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, or Americana), and the European perch (P. Fluviatilis). ... 2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidae, Serranidae, and related familie …
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13. perch
    noun support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
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14. perch
    noun any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
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15. perch
    noun an elevated place serving as a seat
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16. Perch
    `Perca` is the genus of fish referred to as `perch` or `yellow perch`, a group of freshwater fish belonging to the family Percidae. Perch, of which there are three species in different geographical areas, lend their name to the largest order of vertebrates: the Perciformes, from the Greek `perke` meaning perch, and the Latin `forma` meaning shape. Many other species of fish are also called `perch.` Also there is the lateral line system. Perch ha...
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17. Perch
    `Perca` is the genus of fish referred to as `perch` or `yellow perch`, a group of freshwater fish belonging to the family Percidae. Perch, of which there are three species in different geographical areas, lend their name to the largest order of vertebrates: the Perciformes, from the Greek `perke` meaning perch, and the Latin `forma` meaning shape. Many other species of fish are also called `perch.` Also there is the lateral line system. Perch ha...
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18. Perch
    • (v. t.) To occupy as a perch. • (n.) A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole. • (n.) 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). • ...
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19. perch
    either of two species of fish, the common and the yellow perch (Perca fluviatilis and P. flavescens, sometimes considered as single species, P. ... [1 related articles]
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20. perch
    a unit of area equal to one square perch . A perch of area covers exactly 272.25 square feet or about 25.292 85 square meters. There are 40 perches in a rood and 160 perches in an acre.
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21. perch
    a traditional unit of volume for stone and other masonry. A perch of masonry is the volume of a stone wall one perch (16.5 feet) long, 18 inches high, and 12 inches thick. This is equivalent to exactly 24.75 cubic feet, 0.916 667 cubic yard, or about 0.700 842 cubic meter.
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22. perch
    a traditional unit of distance in Ireland standardized at 21 English feet (6.4008 meters) or 14/11 English perch or rod. Since the Irish perch was 27.27% longer than the English, the Irish chain, furlong, and mile were longer in the same proportion..
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