SILVER PERCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silver perch mean? 

• SILVER PERCH (noun)
  The noun SILVER PERCH has 2 senses:

1. small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico

2. small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams

  Familiarity information: SILVER PERCH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILVER PERCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bairdiella chrysoura; mademoiselle; silver perch

Hypernyms ("silver perch" is a kind of...):

drum; drumfish (small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise)

Holonyms ("silver perch" is a member of...):

Bairdiella; genus Bairdiella (drumfish)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Morone americana; silver perch; white perch

Hypernyms ("silver perch" is a kind of...):

serranid; serranid fish (marine food sport fishes mainly of warm coastal waters)

Holonyms ("silver perch" is a member of...):

genus Morone; Morone (carnivorous fresh and salt water fishes)