Perch

n.	1.	(Zool.) 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 syn. Perca Americana), and the European perch (Perca fluviatilis).
	2.	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. 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 perch the pope. White perch the Roccus Americanus, or Morone Americanus, a small silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast.
	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 measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.
	3.	A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
v. i.	1.	To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost. [imp. & p. p. Perched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Perching.] Wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. - Shak.
v. t.	1.	To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.
	2.	To occupy as a perch.

Noun	1.	perch - support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
	2.	perch - a linear measure of 16.5 feet Synonyms: rod, pole
	3.	perch - a square rod of land Synonyms: rod, pole
	4.	perch - an elevated place serving as a seat
	5.	perch - any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
	6.	perch - spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
	7.	perch - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
Verb	1.	perch - sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the treee" Synonyms: roost, rest
	2.	perch - to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him" Synonyms: alight, light
	3.	perch - cause to perch or sit; "She perched her hat on her head"

PERCH, measure. The length of sixteen feet and a half: a pole or rod of that length. Forty perches in length and four in breadth make an acre of land.

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