noun
1. small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
• Syn: ↑mademoiselle, ↑Bairdiella chrysoura
• Member Holonyms: ↑Bairdiella, ↑genus Bairdiella
2. small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams
• Syn: ↑white perch, ↑Morone americana
• Hypernyms: ↑serranid fish, ↑serranid
• Member Holonyms: ↑Morone, ↑genus Morone
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noun : any of various somewhat silvery fishes that resemble perch: as
a. : a silvery brown-dotted Australian freshwater grunt (Therapon bidyana) or a related fish esteemed for food and sport
b. : a mademoiselle (Bairdiella chrysura)
c. : white perch 1
d. : crappie
e. : any of several mojarras
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1. Also called mademoiselle. Ichthyol. a drum, Bairdiella chrysoura, of southern U.S. waters.
2. any of various silvery, perchlike fishes, as the white perch.
[1810-20, Amer.]
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silver perch,
= white perch. (Cf. ↑white perch)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.