"perch" značenje u engleski leksikon

Množina: perches

1. A branch or rod that serves as a resting place.
2. An elevated place serving as a seat.
3. A square rod of land; SYN. rod, pole.
4. (British) A linear measure of 16.5 feet; SYN. rod, pole.

Množina: perches

(Irregular plural: perches).
1. Any of numerous lean-fleshed fishes of America and Europe.
2. Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes.
3. Spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes.
Any of the largest order of spiny-finned bony fishes, the Perciformes, with some 8,000 species. This order includes the sea basses, cichlids, damselfishes, mullets, barracudas, wrasses, and gobies. Perches of the freshwater genus Perca are found in Europe, Asia, and North America. They have varied shapes and are usually a greenish color. They are very prolific, spawning when about three years old, and have voracious appetites.
The American yellow perch p. flavescens, to 30 cm/12 in, is abundant in lakes and streams, feeding on insects and other fishes.

1. To cause to perch or sit
2. To sit, as on a branch; SYN. roost, rest.

ETYM French par by (Latin per) + chance. Related to Par, and Chance.
(Archaic) Through chance,; SYN. by chance.

(Especially of ears) Quickly lifted up or out in attention; 'perched' is obsolete; SYN. perked, perked up.

Množina: perchers

Množina: percherons

Dappled cart horse; kind of dappled or black heavy drafthorse.
Any of a breed of powerful rugged draft horses that originated in the Perche region of France

Množina: perchlorates

A salt of perchloric acid.

Množina: perchloric acids

A powerful oxidizing agent; forms perchlorates, a fuming corrosive strong acid HClO4 that is the most.

Množina: perchlorides

Množina: perchloroethylenes

A colorless nonflammable toxic liquid C2Cl4 used often as a solvent in dry cleaning and for removal of grease from metals

Množina: perchmen