Perch

Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).

Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidae, Serranidae, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.

A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat.

A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.

In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre.

In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in measuring stonework.

A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.

To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.

To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.

To occupy as a perch.

any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes

spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes