Perch \Perch\ (p[~e]rch), n. [Written also pearch.]
[OE.
perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. pe`rkh; cf. perkno`s
dark-colored, Skr. p[.r][,c]ni spotted, speckled, and E.
freckle.]
(Zo["o]l.)
1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several
other allied genera of the family Percid[ae], as the
common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, or
Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).
2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes
belonging to the Percid[ae], Serranid[ae], 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, or Striped, perch, the pope.
White perch, the Roccus, or Morone, Americanus, a small
silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Striped \Striped\, a.
Having stripes of different colors; streaked.
Striped bass. (Zo["o]l.) See under Bass.
Striped maple (Bot.), a slender American tree (Acer
Pennsylvanicum) with finely striped bark. Called also
striped dogwood, and moosewood.
Striped mullet. (Zo["o]l.) See under Mullet, 2.
Striped snake (Zo["o]l.), the garter snake.
Striped squirrel (Zo["o]l.), the chipmunk.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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