perches

Noun

• support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
• a linear measure of 16.5 feet
• a square rod of land
• an elevated place serving as a seat
• any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
• spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
• any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
• plural of perch

Verb

• sit, as on a branch
• to come to rest, settle
• cause to perch or sit
• third-person singular simple present indicative of perch

Synonyms

alight, light, perch, pole, rest, rod, roost