barse
Meanings
noun
- The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch.
noun
- The perineum of a man.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”, literally “prickly”). Cognate with Dutch baars (“perch, bass”), German Barsch (“perch”). More at bass (“fish”).
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