white perch

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 ( def 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of white perch¹

An Americanism dating back to 1765–75

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

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

Pitcher’s Calvert County family were watermen, working off Broomes Island before daylight every day, making a living catching blues and sea trout, grouper and white perch.

From Washington Post

Fishermen and women often catch lake trout, landlocked salmon, smallmouth bass and white perch during the spring season.

From Seattle Times

The populations of American shad and white perch are well over target; installation of a fish ladder in 2000 and other measures are paying off.

From Washington Post