Perch

Definitions

1. Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
2. A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.
3. A surname.
4. Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
   South-Africa
5. Acanthopagrus berda
   South-Africa
6. a type of freshwater fish
7. A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
8. Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
9. A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.
   figuratively
10. Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus
    Australia
11. A position that is overly elevated or haughty.
    figuratively
12. Kyphosus azureus
    US
13. A linear measure of 5+¹⁄₂ yards, equal to a rod, a pole or ¹⁄₄ chain; the related square measure.
    dated
14. Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
    UK
15. A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
16. Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
17. A frame used to examine cloth.
18. A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.
19. A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.

Equivalents

Examples

“We know⟳ him now: […] / Not making his high place⟳ the lawless perch / Of wing'd ambitions, nor a vantage-ground / For pleasure; […]”

“Last⟳ year, Eighth Grade found poignancy and humor in its eponymous time period: that purgatorial perch between childhood and adulthood.”

“[W]inning Wimbledon at just 19 years, earning her rightful place⟳ on the perch as world number⟳ one.”

“You may thanke me, (Lady) / I haue taken you off your mellancholly pearch, / Boare you vpon my fiſt, and ſhew'd you game, / And let⟳ you flie at it: I pray the kiſſe me, […]”

“The whole surface of the country is divided into irregular patches, following the undulations of the ground, from many acres to a few perches in extent, each of which is itself perfectly level, but stands a few inches or several feet above or below those adjacent to it.”

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