yellow perch

noun

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

The large-mouthed bass and pickerel are usually ranked about with the yellow perch.

The Yellow Perch is found in all the waters of the Atlantic slope.

I found that fishing through the ice for pike and yellow-perch was a favorite sport.

The only genera of importance as game-fishes are Stizostedion, the pike-perches, and Perca, the yellow-perch.

During the winter the residents catch yellow-perch through holes cut in the ice in great numbers, in all of the lakes mentioned.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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