white perch

noun

1

: a silvery anadromous bass (Morone americana) chiefly of the coast and coastal streams of the eastern U.S.

2

: freshwater drum

3

: white crappie

Examples of white perch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The massive, 120-mile Lake Champlain holds landlocked salmon, lake trout, northern pike, yellow perch, white perch, walleye, and crappie, while surrounding smaller lakes hold various combinations of fish. — Robert Annis, Outside, 24 Feb. 2026

There the fish was positively identified as a whopper white perch by Cleyo Harris, a DNR fisheries biologist. — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 23 May 2024

Big rock bass and smaller creek smallmouths will positively clobber it, but the dressed tail hanging below it also mimics a flying insect in the water, and white perch, bluegills, and chubs will often grab it and just pull the popper under. — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 16 May 2024

A lot is going on and there is always abundant pickerel in the tidal flows and throw in the annual white perch and shad runs. — Jim Gronaw, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1737, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for white perch

• interchurch
• birch
• lurch
• search
• research