Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Perching or adapted for perching.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Insessores; habitually perching, as a bird; suited for perching, as a bird's foot.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or having the character of, perching birds.
- adjective Belonging or pertaining to the Insessores.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective pertaining to a member of the Order Insessores, or perching birds;
perching or designed for perching
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Īnsessōrēs, the perchers (former order name), from Latin īnsessus, past participle of īnsidēre, to sit upon; see insidious.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From modern Latin Insessores ‘perchers’, from Latin insidere ‘sit upon’, from in- + sedere ‘sit’.
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Examples
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"built their nests" in the tree: the Greek word has no such meaning; the word merely means "to settle or rest upon" anything for a longer or shorter time; nor is there any occasion to suppose that the expression "fowls of the air" denotes any other than the smaller insessorial kinds -- linnets, finches, etc.
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Adapted for perching, as a bird's foot; habitually perching; of or pertaining to birds that perch.
May 31, 2007