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Definition of Perca
1. Noun. Type genus of the Percidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Percidae, Percidae
Member holonyms: Perca Flavescens, Yellow Perch, European Perch, Perca Fluviatilis
Definition of Perca
1. n. A genus of fishes, including the fresh-water perch.
Medical Definition of Perca
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Perca
Literary usage of Perca
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"LUCIO-perca, Cuv.-Pike-Perch. So named, because to the characters of the perch,
... perca lucio-perca, Lin. Bl. pl. li. Cuv. and Val. ii. pl. XT. ..."
2. Animal and Vegetable Physiology Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by Peter Mark Roget (1834)
"488 430 Interior of the eye of the perca fluviatilis, (Cuvier) . ... 552 453 -
perca fluviatilis, (Cuvier) ................ 552 454 - Testudo mydas, ..."
3. Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Historical and Topographical by James Emerson Tennent (1859)
"It is closely allied to, if not identical with, the Anabas scandens of Cuvier,
the perca ... perca ..."
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