[pahyk-purch] 
) -perch, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -perch⋅es. | any of several pikelike fishes of the perch family, esp. the walleye, Stizostedion vitreum. |
| pike·perch (pīk'pûrch') n. pl. pikeperch or pike·perch·es A fish, such as the walleye, that is related to the perch and resembles the pike. |
pikeperch
any of several freshwater food and game fishes of the family Percidae (order Perciformes), found in Europe and North America. Although more elongated and slender than perches, pike perches have the two dorsal fins characteristic of the family. They are, like perches, carnivorous, and as adults they feed largely on other fishes
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