About The Word Insessores
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Insessores
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What's The Definition Of Insessores?
[n] a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
Synonyms | Synonyms for Insessores: order Insessores | percher | perching bird Related Terms | Find terms related to Insessores: See Also | animal order | Aves | class Aves Insessores In Webster's Dictionary \In`ses*so"res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. insessor, lit.,
one who sits down, fr. incidere. See {Insession}.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of birds, formerly established to include the
perching birds, but now generally regarded as an artificial
group.
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