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percher

percher noun: one who fishes for perch.

Noun (1)

percher (plural perchers)

  1. One who fishes for perch.

Noun (2)

percher (plural perchers)

  1. One that perches.
  2. A bird that is perching or that regularly perches.
    • Ground roosters like Northern Harriers may be subject to predation by Great-horned Owls […] but still larger perchers like herons and Ospreys use snags or posts in conspicuous places but are large enough to escape aerial predators.1999, Milton W. Weller, Wetland Birds: Habitat Resources and Conservation Implications
  3. Any of various tropical and temperate dragonflies of the genus Diplacodes.

Noun (3)

percher (plural perchers)

  1. An inspector of cloth before finishing.

Noun (4)

percher (plural perchers)

  1. A large candle, especially on an altar

Forms of percher

pluralperchers

Origin of percher

From perch (“a kind of fish”).

From perch (verb).

From perch (“a device over which cloth is suspended for inspection”).

Words formed from percher

Questions about percher

What does percher mean?
Percher means one who fishes for perch.
What part of speech is percher?
Percher is a noun.
What is the plural of percher?
The plural of percher is perchers.

Words near percher in the dictionary

  1. percha
  2. perchable
  3. perchance
  4. Perche
  5. perched
  6. percher
  7. percheries
  8. percheron
  9. Percherons
  10. perchers
  11. perchery

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