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Noun
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(n)
perch
(support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird))
S:
(n)
perch
,
rod
,
pole
(a linear measure of 16.5 feet)
part meronym
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domain region
part holonym
S:
(n)
perch
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rod
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pole
(a square rod of land)
S:
(n)
perch
(an elevated place serving as a seat)
S:
(n)
perch
(any of numerous fishes of America and Europe)
direct hypernym
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S:
(n)
freshwater fish
(flesh of fish from fresh water used as food)
S:
(n)
bream
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freshwater bream
(flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe)
S:
(n)
freshwater bass
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bass
(any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus))
S:
(n)
carp
(the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised)
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part holonym
S:
(n)
buffalofish
(large carp-like North American fish)
S:
(n)
pike
(highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh)
S:
(n)
sucker
(flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws)
S:
(n)
catfish
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mudcat
(flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed)
S:
(n)
perch
(any of numerous fishes of America and Europe)
S:
(n)
sunfish
(the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae)
S:
(n)
brook trout
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speckled trout
(a delicious freshwater food fish)
S:
(n)
lake trout
(flesh of large trout of northern lakes)
S:
(n)
whitefish
(flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere)
part holonym
S:
(n)
perch
(spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes)
S:
(n)
perch
(any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes)
Verb
S:
(v)
perch
,
roost
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rest
(sit, as on a branch)
"The birds perched high in the tree"
S:
(v)
alight
,
light
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perch
(to come to rest, settle)
"Misfortune lighted upon him"
S:
(v)
perch
(cause to perch or sit)
"She perched her hat on her head"