white perch

American  

noun

1. a small game fish, Morone americana, greenish-gray above and silvery below, inhabiting streams along the Atlantic coast of the United States.

2. freshwater drum.

3. silver perch.

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Etymology

Origin of white perch

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75

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• white perch vs. white bass

Example Sentences

He welcomed the timing of the settlement, which comes as many species of critical environmental and commercial importance to the region — such as rockfish, shad, herring and white perch — begin to spawn.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

They walked up to the water, cast their lines in hopes of luring brim or white perch, then Henderson told Ellington he needed to tell him something important.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2021

More than 500 Atlantic salmon have made the trip, along with nearly two million alewives, countless baby eels, thousands of mature sea lamprey and dozens of white perch and brook trout.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2016

Chef-partner John Manolatos might go with white perch, spot or porgy, depending on the season.

From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2015

There was one that looked like a black bass, and others like white perch and sunfish; and one kind was very much like a grayling.

From Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit by Van Dyke, Henry