n.
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural perch or perch · es
Etymology: Middle English perche, from Anglo-French, from Latin perca, from Greek perk ē ; akin to Old High German faro colored, Latin porcus, a spiny fish
Date: 14th century
1 a : a small European freshwater bony fish ( Perca fluviatilis of the family Percidae, the perch family) b : YELLOW PERCH
2 : any of numerous bony fishes (as of the families Percidae, Centrarchidae, and Serranidae)
perch 1a