Definition of Perca flavescens

1. Noun. North American perch.

Exact synonyms: Yellow Perch
Generic synonyms: Perch
Group relationships: Genus Perca, Perca
Terms within: Perch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perca Flavescens

Peptostreptococcus micros
Peptostreptococcus morbillorum
Peptostreptococcus paleopneumoniae
Peptostreptococcus parvulus
Peptostreptococcus plagarumbelli
Peptostreptococcus productus
Pepys
Pepysian
Pequiste
Pequistes
Pequot
Pequots
Perak
Peramelidae
Perca flavescens
Perca fluviatilis
Percherons
Percidae
Percina
Percina tanasi
Percival
Percival Lowell
Percoll
Percophidae
Percy
Percy Aldridge Grainger
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Grainger
Perdicidae

Literary usage of Perca flavescens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"THE YELLOW-PERCH (perca flavescens) The yellow-perch was first described by Dr. Mitchill in 1814, from the vicinity of New York. He named it flavescens, ..."

2. Bass, Pike, Perch and Other Game Fishes of America by James Alexander Henshall (1919)
"THE YELLOW-PERCH ( perca flavescens) The yellow-perch was first described by Dr. Mitchill in 1814, from the vicinity of New York. He named it flavescens, ..."

3. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History by Boston Society of Natural History (1844)
"... been added to the Catalogue : perca flavescens, Mitchill, from Concord River. ... previously regarded by him as perca flavescens, is P. granulata, Cuv. ..."

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