PERCH

I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, from Latin pertica pole Date: 14th century a bar or peg on which something is hung, 2. a roost for a bird, a resting place or vantage point ; seat , a prominent position , rod 2, II. verb Date: 14th century intransitive verb to alight, settle, or rest on a ~, a height, or a precarious spot, transitive verb to place on a ~, a height, or a precarious spot, III. noun (plural ~ or ~es) Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, from Latin perca, from Greek perkē; akin to Old High German faro colored, Latin porcus, a spiny fish Date: 14th century 1. a small European freshwater bony fish ( Perca fluviatilis of the family Percidae, the ~ family), yellow ~ , any of numerous bony fishes (as of the families Percidae, Centrarchidae, and Serranidae)