percher

[ pur-cher ]

noun

1. a person or thing that perches. perch.
2. a bird whose feet are adapted for perching. perch.

Word History and Origins

Origin of percher¹

First recorded in 1575–85; perch ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

And as we have seen from those fellow perchers from Fergie’s time, giving the kids a go can handsomely pay off.”

From The Guardian

The majority are perchers that sit and clamber on branches when foraging and feeding but some are semi-terrestrial and others completely so.

From Scientific American

When inner curvature was measured, and when claw mid-length depth was accounted for, one specimen plotted within the ‘ground-dweller’ region, but the other one plotted within the shared ‘climber’-‘predatory’-‘percher’-‘ground-dweller’ space.

From Scientific American

The rebels on the hills and the perchers on the fence wanted their share of the common goods.

From Project Gutenberg

Following Mr. Wallace's order we come now to the second class of the perching birds, the Tanagroid perchers, with the more important species of which we will now proceed to deal.

From Project Gutenberg