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PERCHER
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
percher
(noun) a person situated on a perch
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
percher (plural perchers)
One who fishes for perch.
Etymology 2
Noun
percher (plural perchers)
One that perches.
A bird that is perching or that regularly perches.
Any of various tropical and temperate dragonflies of the genus Diplacodes.
Etymology 3
Noun
percher (plural perchers)
(textiles) An inspector of cloth before finishing.
Etymology 4
Noun
percher (plural perchers)
A large candle, especially on an altar
Anagrams
• reperch
Source: Wiktionary
Perch"er, n. Etym: [From Perch, v. i.]
1. One who, or that which, perches. J. Burroughs.
2. One of the Insessores.
3. Etym: [From Perch a pole.]
Definition: A Paris candle anciently used in England; also, a large wax candle formerly set upon the altar. [Obs.] Bailey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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