'Perca fluviatilis' definitions:
Definition of 'Perca fluviatilis'
From: WordNet
noun
A perch native to Europe [syn: European perch, Perca fluviatilis]
Definition of 'Perca fluviatilis'
From: GCIDE
- perch \perch\ (p[~e]rch), n. [Written also pearch.] [OE. perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. pe`rkh; cf. perkno`s dark-colored, Skr. p[.r][,c]ni spotted, speckled, and E. freckle.] (Zool.)
- 1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percid[ae], as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens syn. Perca Americana), and the European perch ({Perca fluviatilis}). [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percid[ae], Serranid[ae], and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches. [1913 Webster]
- Black perch. (a) The black bass. (b) The flasher. (c) The sea bass.
- Blue perch, the cunner.
- Gray perch, the fresh-water drum.
- Red perch, the rosefish.
- Red-bellied perch, the long-eared pondfish.
- Perch pest, a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of the perch.
- Silver perch, the yellowtail.
- Stone perch, or Striped perch, the pope.
- White perch, the Roccus Americanus, or {Morone Americanus}, a small silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast. [1913 Webster]