HyperDic: perching_bird

English > 1 sense of the expression perching bird:
NOUNanimalperching bird, Insessores, order Insessores, perchera bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches)
English > perching bird: 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, order Insessores, percher
Member ofAves, class Aves(ornithology) the class of birds
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals

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