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perches

perches is the plural of perch.

perches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of perch.

Meaning of perch

Noun

perch (plural perches or perch)

  1. Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
  2. (South Africa) Acanthopagrus berda
  3. (Ghana) Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
  4. (Australia) Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus
  5. (US) Kyphosus azureus
  6. (UK) Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus

See all 23 meanings of perch

Proper noun capitalized: Perches

Perches

  1. A commune in northeastern Haiti.

Phrases with perches

Questions about perches

What does perches mean?
Perches means a commune in northeastern Haiti.
What is perches the plural of?
Perches is the plural of perch.
What part of speech is perches?
Perches is a proper noun.

Words near perches in the dictionary

  1. percheries
  2. percheron
  3. Percherons
  4. perchers
  5. perchery
  6. perches
  7. perchest
  8. percheth
  9. perching
  10. perching bird
  11. perching birds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: perches (page history and authors); Perches (page history and authors); perch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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