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white perch
noun
- a small game fish, Morone americana, greenish-gray above and silvery below, inhabiting streams along the Atlantic coast of the United States.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of white perch1
An Americanism dating back to 1765–75
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Example Sentences
The White Perch bites at the hook with considerable care, and very frequently takes off the bait without being caught.
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In this manner the White Perch is caught along the sandy banks of the Ohio, from its mouth to its source.
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The White Perch is found in the waters at the mouths of rivers.
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The white-perch is one of the best and most esteemed pan-fishes of the eastern coast.
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There was never any dearth of fried white-perch or other fishes in our camp, and we never tired of them.
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