pikeperch

[ pahyk-purch ]

noun,plural (especially collectively) pike·perch, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) pike·perch·es.
  1. any of several pikelike fishes of the perch family, especially the walleye, Stizostedion vitreum.

Origin of pikeperch

1
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; pike1 + perch2

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British Dictionary definitions for pikeperch

pikeperch

/ (ˈpaɪkˌpɜːtʃ) /


nounplural -perch or -perches
  1. any of various pikelike freshwater teleost fishes of the genera Stizostedion (or Lucioperca), such as S. lucioperca of Europe: family Percidae (perches)

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