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) perch, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) perch⋅es. | 1. | any spiny-finned, freshwater food fish of the genus Perca, as P. flavescens (yellow perch), of the U.S., or P. fluviatilis, of Europe. |
| 2. | any of various other related, spiny-finned fishes. |
| 3. | any of several embioticid fishes, as Hysterocarpus traski (tule perch) of California. |