INSESSORES

Insessores, order Insessores, perching bird, percher

(noun) a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists

Source: WordNet® 3.1


In`ses*so"res, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. insessor, lit., one who sits down, fr. incidere. See Insession.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: An order of birds, formerly established to include the perching birds, but now generally regarded as an artificial group.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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