HyperDic: order_insessores

English > 1 sense of the expression order Insessores:
NOUNanimalorder Insessores, Insessores, perching bird, perchera bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches)
English > order Insessores: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists.
SynonymsInsessores, perching bird, percher
Member ofAves, class Aves(ornithology) the class of birds
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals

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