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white perch definition

☆ white perch

  1. a small, silvery, edible bass (Morone americana) of the same family (Percichthyidae) as white bass, found in coastal waters of the E U.S.
  2. a freshwater drum fish (Aplodinotus grunniens) of the central U.S.
    1. silver perch
    2. South white crappie

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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