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Insessores

Insessores Meaning & Definition
Insessores Definition And Meaning

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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