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Definition perch

Etymology 1

From Middle English perche, from Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek ????? (pérk?, “perch”), cognate with ??????? (perknós, “dark-spotted”).

Noun

perch (plural perches or 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:
    1. (South Africa) Acanthopagrus berda
    2. (Ghana) Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
    3. (Australia) Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeat, Nemadactylus macropterus
    4. (US) Kyphosus azureus
    5. (Britain) Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
  3. Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.

Etymology 2

From Middle English perche, from Old French perche, from Latin pertica (“staff”, “long pole”, “measuring rod”).

Noun

perch (plural perches or perch)

  1. a rod, staff, or branch of a tree etc used as a roost by a bird
  2. a pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
  3. (figuratively) a position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated
  4. (figuratively) a position that is overly elevated or haughty
  5. (dated) a linear measure of 5½ yards, equal to a rod, a pole or ¼ chain; the related square measure
  6. a cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet
  7. (textiles) a frame used to examine cloth
  8. a bar used to support a candle (especially in a church)
Verb

perch (third-person singular simple present perches, present participle perching, simple past and past participle perched)

  1. (intransitive) To rest on (or as if on) a perch; to roost.
  2. (intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.
  3. (transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
  4. (transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a perch.

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