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Perca

noun

type genus of the Percidae

• Syn: ↑genus Perca

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Percidae, ↑family Percidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑yellow perch, ↑Perca flavescens, ↑European perch, ↑Perca fluviatilis

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\\ˈpərkə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin perca perch — more at perch

: the type genus of Percidae formerly including numerous perches and related fishes but now restricted to the typical perches — see yellow perch

Useful english dictionary. 2012.