Associations to the word «Perca»

Wiktionary

PERCA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Percidae   — the yellow perches.
PERCA FLAVESCENS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Percidae   — the yellow perch or American perch.
PERCA FLUVIATILIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Percidae   — the European perch, native throughout Europe and in northern Asia.

Dictionary definition

PERCA, noun. Type genus of the Percidae.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats