Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

percher

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: percher
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who fishes for perch.

noun

One that perches.

noun

A bird that is perching or that regularly perches.

noun

Any of various tropical and temperate dragonflies of the genus Diplacodes.

noun

An inspector of cloth before finishing.

noun

A large candle, especially on an altar

Example Sentences

"Ground roosters like Northern Harriers may be subject to predation by Great-horned Owls […] but still larger perchers like herons and Ospreys use snags or posts in conspicuous places but are large enough to escape aerial predators."

Etymology

From perch (“a kind of fish”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: percher
Suffix: perch

Inflected Forms

perchers (plural)

Phrases

chalky percher pygmy percher red percher scarlet percher wandering percher

Questions

What does percher mean?: One who fishes for perch.
Where does percher come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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