Definition of insessores Insessores
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What does insessores mean?
WordNet
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| insessores - a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists | ||
| order Insessores, perching bird, percher | ||
| animal order the order of animals | ||
| aves, class aves (ornithology) the class of birds | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- insessores (pl. )
of Insessor - insessores (n. pl.)
An order of birds, formerly established to include the perching birds, but now generally regarded as an artificial group.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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insessores
in-se-sō′rēz, n.pl. an order of birds called by Cuvier Passerine (sparrow-like)—the title is now replaced by that of Passeres (q.v.).—adj. Insessō′rial, having feet (as birds) formed for perching or climbing on trees. [L. insessor, from insidēre, insessum—in, on, sedēre, to sit.]
