Merca
Americannoun
noun
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For this Madam Cesara thought she ought to be very grateful to me, une femme fort d�cid�e, se repliant sur elle-m�me, son individualit� exag�ratrice perca � travers ses vertus et ses vices et son sexe.
From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul
Thus perch, a fish, from perca; but perch, a measure, from pertica, and likewise to perch.
From A Grammar of the English Tongue by Johnson, Samuel
Perch harks back to the Latin perca, and the Romans had it from the Greeks, among whom it meant spotted.
From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by Beebe, William
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