perch

About 1.69 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
2. noun Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially: Acanthopagrus berda Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus Kyphosus azureus Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
3. noun Acanthopagrus berda
4. noun Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
5. noun Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus
6. noun Kyphosus azureus
7. noun Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
8. noun Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.

Similar words

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Often followed by

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Word family

perched perches perching