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perchRod Rod, n. [The same word as rood. See Rood.]
1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender
bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).
Specifically:
(a) An instrument of punishment or correction;
figuratively, chastisement.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son. --Prov.
xiii. 24.
(b) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence,
figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression.
``The rod, and bird of peace.' --Shak.
(c) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole. --Gay.
(d) (Mach. & Structure) A member used in tension, as for
sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and
compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion,
etc.; a connecting bar.
(e) An instrument for measuring.
2. A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; --
called also perch, and pole.
Black rod. See in the Vocabulary.
Rods and cones (Anat.), the elongated cells or elements of
the sensory layer of the retina, some of which are
cylindrical, others somewhat conical. perchSprat Sprat, n. [OE. sprot, sprotte, D. sprot; akin to G.
sprotte.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small European herring (Clupea sprattus) closely
allied to the common herring and the pilchard; -- called
also garvie. The name is also applied to small herring
of different kinds.
(b) A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); -- called
also alfione, and perch.
Sprat borer (Zo["o]l.), the red-throated diver; -- so
called from its fondness for sprats. See Diver.
Sprat loon. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The young of the great northern diver. [Prov. Eng.]
(b) The red-throated diver. See Diver.
Sprat mew (Zo["o]l.), the kittiwake gull. PerchPerch Perch (p[~e]rch), n. [Written also pearch.] [OE.
perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. pe`rkh; cf. perkno`s
dark-colored, Skr. p[.r][,c]ni spotted, speckled, and E.
freckle.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several
other allied genera of the family Percid[ae], 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 Percid[ae], Serranid[ae], and related
families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.
Black perch.
(a) The black bass.
(b) The flasher.
(c) The sea bass.
Blue perch, the cunner.
Gray perch, the fresh-water drum.
Red perch, the rosefish.
Red-bellied perch, the long-eared pondfish.
Perch pest, a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of
the perch.
Silver perch, the yellowtail.
Stone, or Striped, perch, the pope.
White perch, the Roccus, or Morone, Americanus, a small
silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast. perchPerch Perch (p[~e]rch), n. [Written also pearch.] [OE.
perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. pe`rkh; cf. perkno`s
dark-colored, Skr. p[.r][,c]ni spotted, speckled, and E.
freckle.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several
other allied genera of the family Percid[ae], 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 Percid[ae], Serranid[ae], and related
families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.
Black perch.
(a) The black bass.
(b) The flasher.
(c) The sea bass.
Blue perch, the cunner.
Gray perch, the fresh-water drum.
Red perch, the rosefish.
Red-bellied perch, the long-eared pondfish.
Perch pest, a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of
the perch.
Silver perch, the yellowtail.
Stone, or Striped, perch, the pope.
White perch, the Roccus, or Morone, Americanus, a small
silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast. PerchPerch Perch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Perched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Perching.] [F. 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. Perch
Perch Perch, v. t.
1. To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.
2. To occupy as a perch. --Milton.
Perch
Perch Perch, n. [F. perche, L. 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 Of
winged ambitions. --Tennyson.
2.
(a) A measure of length containing five and a half yards;
a rod, or pole.
(b) In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th
part of an acre.
(c) In solid measure: A mass 161/2 feet long, 1 foot in
height, and 11/2 feet in breadth, or 243/4 cubic feet
(in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in
measuring stonework.
3. A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring
carriage; a reach.
Meaning of perch from wikipedia
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Perch is a
common name for
freshwater fish from the
genus Perca,
which belongs to the
family Percidae of the
large order Perciformes. The name
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- The
yellow perch (Perca flavescens),
commonly referred to as
perch,
striped perch,
American perch or
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native to...
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European perch (Perca fluviatilis), also
known as the
common perch,
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English perch, Euro
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