(n.) Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).
(n.) Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidae, Serranidae, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.
(n.) A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat.
(n.) A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.
(n.) In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre.
(n.) In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in measuring stonework.
(n.) A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
(v. i.) To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.
(v. t.) To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.
(v. t.) To occupy as a perch.
Example Sentences:
(1) A sensitive radioimmunoassay (RIA) for the measurement of metallothionein (MT) from perch (Perca fluviatilis) has been developed.
(2) • earthseasky.org North Zakynthos Potamitis Brothers, North Zakynthos Where to stay: Potamitis Brothers The brothers run boat trips (see below), but also own some rather special accommodation perched on the cliffs of Cape Skinari on the northern tip of Zakynthos.
(3) We tested 1,145 isolates from fresh and spoiling irradiated (0.0, 0.3, and 0.6 Mrad) yellow perch fillets for proteolytic activity, by the use of both media.
(4) In order to determine the most suitable cage environment for the squirrel monkey, a series of studies were carried out to compare various perch materials and cage configurations.
(5) Peering out from his Kremlin perch, Putin sees a European continent divided between wealthy and poor countries, between north and south, and senses an opportunity.
(6) Just a whisper between us, its about time some of the old guard got a hoot under their perch.
(7) Does he fancy winning the league again & knock Liverpool right off their perch?"
(8) Only a slight induction in monooxygenase activities was seen in perch caught near the oil spill 4 months after the accident.
(9) Those who remember the Two Davids of the 1987 SDP-Liberal Alliance will recall the exquisite agony only too well, cruelly captured by the Spitting Image puppet of little Steel perched in big Owen's pocket.
(10) Kerry McQuade whose home perched high up on Blenheim Street avoided the worst effects, said: "We had two hours of a torrential downpour, followed by continual rain, from lunchtime.
(11) The same phenomenon was observed for the perch and Crusian carp, with low nitrate concentrations, while with higher nitrate concentrations, the uptake levels were again increased.
(12) The rest of the week he drives to other city centres and commercial sites, with Emu sitting on a perch in a large wooden box in the back of the van.
(13) The separation of two isoforms of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) metallothionein was possible by DEAE-Sephadex A-25 chromatography, while only one form of perch (Perca fluviatilis) metallothionein was obtained with this method.
(14) Lines of Syrian army troops circle Qerdaha, adding an additional defence to the natural protection offered by the mountain it perches on, overlooking Latakia.
(15) Cells of the gas gland of the perch Perca fluviatilis L., stimulated to increased generation of gas by the repeated emptying of the swim-bladder, were examined in the electron microscope.
(16) The total lipid content in the muscle of perch (Perca fluviatilis) and vendace (Coregonus albula) was less than 50% of that in rainbow trout and a seasonal variation was clear only in vendace.
(17) Perched in a grove of poplars and with prayer flags stretching away on all sides, Muktinath is Nepal's second-most sacred site for Hindus after Pashupatinath , which in comparison lies rather forlornly at the end of Kathmandu's international airport runway.
(18) Therefore we suggest that this purified form of cytochrome P-450 is a BNF-induced form in perch and that it is closely related to the gene subfamily cytochrome P-450 IA1.
(19) The Five senior programme controller, Chris Shaw, said: "Ten years on from the famous perch people are still obsessing with soft furnishings and the desk.
(20) The fortress-like villages perched on rocky mountaintops we saw when we visited the north of the country are reminders that Yemen has constantly been invaded, or otherwise meddled with, by outsiders, from the Turks onwards.
Zander
Definition:
(n.) A European pike perch (Stizostedion lucioperca) allied to the wall-eye; -- called also sandari, sander, sannat, schill, and zant.
Example Sentences:
(1) "It looks solid," said Jean Pascal Zanders, a Belgian expert who runs a blog on chemical weapons called The Trench .
(2) These other methods were those of Van Slyke and Zander, which are direct methods, and a method using Kelman's equation to estimate the saturation from measured oxygen tension and hence content.
(3) A recently published method for measuring human haemoglobin based on alkaline haematin (Zander et al., Clin.
(4) In order to compare the accuracy of haemoglobin (Hb) determination methods, the commonly used cyanhaemiglobin (HiCN) method and the recently developed alkaline haematin D-575 (AHD) method (R. Zander, W. Lang & H. U. Wolf (1984) Clin.
(5) The partial sequences obtained have then been localized in the primary structure of the alpha subunit [Zander et al.
(6) "The big problem for the OPCW is to what extent are they going to risk the lives of their inspectors to monitor the process," Zanders said.
(7) Acta 136, 83-93; H. U. Wolf, W. Lang & R. Zander (1984) Clin.
(8) In the three cases previously reported by Zander and Campiche (1980), mechanical traction force exerted on the two metallic extremities of the Holter valve incrusted on the growing skull was incriminated as the causative mechanism.
(9) Jean Pascal Zanders, who runs The Trench, a research and consultancy initiative focusing on disarmament, said: "We really are in uncharted territory here, and there is going to be a need for creativity … but if countries work together it is doable.
(10) Then he pointed to the spot when Zander Diamond chopped down Bowditch and Reeves confidently lifted his 53rd minute spot kick into the middle of the goal.
(11) The direct measurement using the oxygen cuvette of Zander gave oxygen content values similar to those estimated from measured saturation.
(12) We have mapped the alpha subunit of phosphorylase kinase, recently cloned by Zander et al.
(13) Just as in the study published by Zander's group (Zander et al, 1980), we add radiation if microscopic disease beyond the cervix is found after a radical hysterectomy.
(14) These could include impure or degraded agent, short-term exposure, or exposure to a limited volume of agent,” said Jean-Pascal Zanders, a former analyst with the chemical and biological warfare project at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
(15) We conclude that oxygen content may be satisfactorily estimated by the Zander method when it becomes generally available, but until then the measurement of oxygen saturation is a necessary prerequisite to the estimation of blood oxygen content.
(16) The "alkaline haematin D-575" method for determining haemoglobin, described by Zander et al.
(17) Algae, sponges and polychaetes (Sedentaria) are the main components of its food (HEYMER and ZANDER, in press).
(18) The data support the recently deduced primary structures of alpha (Zander et al., Proc.
(19) The findings of the qualitative psychoanalytic investigations and interpretations of the three groups were compared with the psychological topics of patients with chronic Rheumatoid Arthritis as well as with the findings of the psychoanalytic explorations by Zander.
(20) Updated at 12.12pm BST 11.43am BST Chemical weapons expert Jean Pascal Zanders writes on The Trench that he has been sceptical about previous claims of their use in Syria but in the latest case "it is clear that something terrible has happened": The footage from the current alleged attack(s) in the Ghouta district seems to offer more convincing evidence of poisoning through asphyxiation (witness the pinkish-bluish hue on the faces of some of the fatalities).