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| Definition: | [n] a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists | ||
| Synonyms: | order Insessores, percher, perching bird | ||
| See Also: | animal order, Aves, class Aves | ||
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | \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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