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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Perch \Perch\ (p[~e]rch), n. [Written also {pearch}.] [OE.
perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. pe`rkh; cf. perkno`s
dark-colored, Skr. p[.r][,c]ni spotted, speckled, and E.
freckle.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several
other allied genera of the family {Percid[ae]}, as the
common American or yellow perch ({Perca flavescens, or
Americana}), and the European perch ({P. fluviatilis}).

2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes
belonging to the {Percid[ae]}, {Serranid[ae]}, and related
families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.

{Black perch}.
(a) The black bass.
(b) The flasher.
(c) The sea bass.

{Blue perch}, the cunner.

{Gray perch}, the fresh-water drum.

{Red perch}, the rosefish.

{Red-bellied perch}, the long-eared pondfish.

{Perch pest}, a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of
the perch.

{Silver perch}, the yellowtail.

{Stone}, or {Striped}, {perch}, the pope.

{White perch}, the {Roccus, or Morone, Americanus}, a small
silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Striped \Striped\, a.
Having stripes of different colors; streaked.

{Striped bass}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Bass}.

{Striped maple} (Bot.), a slender American tree ({Acer
Pennsylvanicum}) with finely striped bark. Called also
{striped dogwood}, and {moosewood}.

{Striped mullet}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Mullet}, 2.

{Striped snake} (Zo["o]l.), the garter snake.

{Striped squirrel} (Zo["o]l.), the chipmunk.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Stripe \Stripe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Striped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Striping}.]
1. To make stripes upon; to form with lines of different
colors or textures; to variegate with stripes.

2. To strike; to lash. [R.]

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

striped
adj : marked or decorated with stripes [syn: {stripy}]


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