log-perch

log·perch

[lawg-purch, log-]
noun, plural log·perch·es ( especially collectively ) log·perch.
a darter, Percina caprodes, of eastern North American lakes and streams, having a piglike snout.

Origin:
1880–85, Americanism; log1 + perch2

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