a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat
Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidæ, Serranidæ, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches
A measure of 16 and 1/2 feet used to describe land in the metes and bounds system
If you perch on something, you sit down lightly on the very edge or tip of it. He lit a cigarette and perched on the corner of the desk He perched himself on the side of the bed. + perched perched She was perched on the edge of the sofa
5 feet sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the treee" cause to perch or sit; "She perched her hat on her head
If you perch something on something else, you put or balance it on the top or edge of that thing. The builders have perched a light concrete dome on eight slender columns
Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidæ, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, or Americana), and the European perch (P
Any of the fishes of the family Percidae Represented in the BWCA by the nearly ubiquitous Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens), the Sauger (Stizostedion canadense), and the Walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) From the Greek perke (perke), and Latin perca, an ancient name for a common spiny-finned European fish Applied by extension to related species
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird) any of numerous fishes of America and Europe an elevated place serving as a seat a square rod of land a linear measure of 16
Unit of length and area Also known as a pole or rod As a unit of length, equal to 16 5 feet A mile is 320 perches As a unit of area, equal to a square with sides one perch long An acre is 160 square perches It was common to see an area referred to as "87 acres, 112 perches", meaning 87 and 112/160 acres
In solid measure: A mass 16½ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1½ feet in breadth, or 24¾ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); used in measuring stonework
A perch is an edible fish. There are several kinds of perch. Either of two species (family Percidae, order Perciformes) of popular food and sport fishes: the Eurasian common perch (Perca fluviatilis) or the North American yellow perch (P. flavescens). Some consider the two a single species. Both have one spiny and one soft-rayed dorsal (Finans)Perches are carnivores of quiet ponds, lakes, streams, and rivers. The common perch is greenish, with dark vertical bars on the sides and reddish in the lower fins. It grows to 6 lbs (3 kg), rarely more. The yellow perch, similar but yellower, grows to about 15 in. (40 cm) and weighs up to 2 lbs (1 kg); it is a popular game fish. See also sauger, sea bass, walleye
A measurement of land amounting to 30 25 square yards and one fortieth of a rood
To perch somewhere means to be on the top or edge of something. the vast slums that perch precariously on top of the hills around which the city was built. + perched perched St. John's is a small college perched high up in the hills
When a bird perches on something such as a branch or a wall, it lands on it and stands there. A blackbird flew down and perched on the parapet outside his window
A unit of linear measure equal to 25 links or 16 ½ feet Also termed a "pole" or "rod " In land area, a square rod; 272 25 square feet or 00625 acre
[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.