ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Percher

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Percher is a noun meaning One who fishes for perch.

Meaning

One who fishes for perch.

More Meanings

  1. One that perches.
  2. A bird that is perching or that regularly perches.
  3. Any of various tropical and temperate dragonflies of the genus Diplacodes.
  4. (textiles) An inspector of cloth before finishing.
  5. A large candle, especially on an altar

Example Sentences

Ground roosters like Northern Harriers may be subject to predation by Great-horned Owls […] but still larger perchers like herons and Ospreys use snags or posts in conspicuous places but are large enough to escape aerial predators.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pikeperch, perch, bass, pike-perch, barse, pearch.

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