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perchlings

perchlings is the plural of perchling.

Meaning of perchling

Noun

perchling (plural perchlings)

  1. A diminutive or young perch (fish)
    • For a little while we had fish, small fry, of all sorts and sizes - gudgeon, little perchlings, minnows, anything - all was fish which came to net; but, the worst of it was, there was not much which did so.1871, George T. Robinson, The Fall of Metz

Questions about perchlings

What is perchlings the plural of?
Perchlings is the plural of perchling.

Words near perchlings in the dictionary

  1. perching duck
  2. perchings
  3. perchless
  4. perchlike
  5. perchling
  6. perchlings
  7. perchlorate
  8. perchlorates
  9. perchloric
  10. perchloric acid
  11. perchloride

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