Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
perch (noun)1.
a bar or peg on which something is hung
2.
a) a roost for a bird
b) a resting place or vantage point - seat
c) a prominent position - his new perch as president
3.
chiefly British - rod
intransitive verb
transitive verb
to alight, settle, or rest on a perch, a height, or a precarious spot to place on a perch, a height, or a precarious spot
1.
a) a small European freshwater bony fish ( of the family Percidae, the perch family) - Perca fluviatilis
b) - yellow perch
2.
any of numerous bony fishes (as of the families Percidae, Centrarchidae, and Serranidae)
