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pike⋅perch

[pahyk-purch]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -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.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; pike 1 + perch 2
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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.
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