seaperch

[ see-purch ]

noun,plural (especially collectively) sea·perch, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) sea·perch·es.

surfperch.

Origin of seaperch

First recorded in 1595–1605; sea + perch²

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How to use seaperch in a sentence

The bottom being sandy, I could see the sea-perch swimming about.
Cape Cod | Henry D. Thoreau
They look to me like some kind of sea perch,” said the mate, “something like the bass one gets down in Cornwall.
Jack at Sea | George Manville Fenn
Forced through ennui to fish off the rocks, he soon tired of the sea-perch and rock-cod and the malodours of periwinkle and clam.
The Fighting Chance | Robert W. Chambers
It was indeed, I saw, a species of sea-perch, from the large spines on its back.
Twice Lost | W.H.G. Kingston

British Dictionary definitions for sea perch

sea perch

noun

any of various marine serranid fishes, such as the bass and stone bass, that have an elongated body with a very spiny dorsal fin and occur in all except polar seas
another name for surfperch

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