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▸ noun: Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:
▸ noun: (South Africa) Acanthopagrus berda
▸ noun: (Ghana) Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
▸ noun: (Australia) Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus
▸ noun: (US) Kyphosus azureus
▸ noun: (UK) Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
▸ noun: Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
▸ noun: A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.
▸ noun: A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
▸ noun: (figuratively) A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.
▸ noun: (figuratively) A position that is overly elevated or haughty.
▸ noun: (dated) A linear measure of 5+¹⁄₂ yards, equal to a rod, a pole or ¹⁄₄ chain; the related square measure.
▸ noun: A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
▸ noun: (textiles) A frame used to examine cloth.
▸ noun: A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.
▸ noun: (theater) A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To sit upon the edge of something.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.
▸ verb: (transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a perch.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: a type of freshwater fish
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