Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Insessores — noun a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists • Syn: ↑order Insessores, ↑perching bird, ↑percher • Derivationally related forms: ↑perch (for: ↑percher) … Useful english dictionary
Insessores — 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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order … Useful english dictionary
Aves — noun (ornithology) the class of birds • Syn: ↑class Aves • Topics: ↑ornithology • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Vertebrata, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
class Aves — noun (ornithology) the class of birds • Syn: ↑Aves • Topics: ↑ornithology • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Vertebrata, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
perching bird — noun a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists • Syn: ↑Insessores, ↑order Insessores, ↑percher • Derivationally related forms: ↑perch (for: ↑percher) … Useful english dictionary
insessorial — |inˌse|sōrēəl adjective 1. [Latin insessus (past participle) + English orial, as in raptorial] : perching or adapted for perching insessorial feet 2. [New Latin Insessores + English … Useful english dictionary
insessorial — adjective /ɪnsɛˈsɔːɹɪəl/ pertaining to a member of the Order Insessores, or perching birds; perching or designed for perching , 1974: Bruno stood by the fire of sticks and pineknots, nursing his coffee, his cock snub and insessorial in the… … Wiktionary
insessorial — /ɪnsɛˈsɔriəl/ (say inse sawreeuhl) adjective 1. adapted for perching, as a bird s foot. 2. habitually perching, as a bird. 3. of or relating to birds that perch. {New Latin Insessorēs the perching birds (considered as an order), plural of… …
