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n. - Any of several fishes

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  • Sautéed pike-perch was moist and tender, but the lamb shank was tough.
  • Allied to the perches is the pike-perch, of which two species are of some importance to the angler, one the wall-eye of eastern
  • The version I ate in Helsinki was made with what they call pike-perch, but any sustainable white-fleshed fish that holds together well can be used.
  • Then came a tank of young sturgeon; and, in a general assembly next door, were a few wall-eyed pike; this is really a pike-perch, differing in the markings, however,...
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