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perchling

noun

Etymology

From perch + -ling.

  1. derived from *perḱ-✻
  2. derived from πέρκη
  3. derived from perca
  4. derived from perche
  5. inherited from perche
  6. suffixed as perchling — “perch + -ling”

Definitions

  1. A diminutive or young perch (fish)

    • For a little while we had fish, small fry, of all sorts and sizes - gudgeon, little perchlings, minnows, anything - all was fish which came to net; but, the worst of it was, there was not much which did so.
    • Guzzling upon your perchlings and sprats […]

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for perchling. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA