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verb(perch)to alight, settle, or rest on a perch, a height, or a precarious spot
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verb(perch)to place on a perch, a height, or a precarious spot
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noun(perch)a small European freshwater bony fish (Perca fluviatilis of the family Percidae, the perch family)
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noun(perch)yellow perch
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noun(perch)any of numerous bony fishes (as of the families Percidae, Centrarchidae, and Serranidae)
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noun(perch)a bar or peg on which something is hung
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noun(perch)a roost for a bird
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noun(perch)a resting place or vantage point : seat
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noun(perch)a large predaceous food fish (Lates niloticus) of the rivers and lakes of northern and central Africa that may exceed 200 pounds (91 kilograms) in weight
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noun(perch)any of several marine scorpaenid food fishes (genus Sebastes):
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noun(perch)redfish; also : a related food fish (S. fasciatus)
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noun(perch)one (S. alutus) abundant in the northeastern Pacific from Japan to the Bering Sea to southern California
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noun(perch)a fish (such as the walleye) of the perch family that resembles the pike
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noun(perch)any of various somewhat silvery fishes that resemble perch: such as
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noun(perch)a drum (Bairdiella chrysoura) that occurs especially along the more southern Atlantic coast of the U.S. —called also mademoiselle, yellowtail
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noun(perch)white perch
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noun(perch)black crappie
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noun(perch)a small freshwater fish (Percopsis omiscomaycus of the family Percopsidae) chiefly of northern North America having a scaleless head and large eyes
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noun(perch)a silvery anadromous bass (Morone americana) chiefly of the coast and coastal streams of the eastern U.S.
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noun(perch)freshwater drum
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noun(perch)white crappie