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insessorial
[ in-suh-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr- ]
adjective
- adapted for perching, as a bird's foot.
- habitually perching, as a bird.
- of or relating to birds that perch.
insessorial
/ ˌɪnsɛˈsɔːrɪəl /
adjective
- (of feet or claws) adapted for perching
- (of birds) having insessorial feet
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Word History and Origins
Origin of insessorial1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of insessorial1
C19: from New Latin Insessōrēs birds that perch, from Latin: perchers, from insidēre to sit upon, from sedēre to sit
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Example Sentences
Coniros′tres, a group of insessorial birds with such.
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Alau′da, a genus of insessorial birds, which includes the larks.
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His physical construction closely resembles that of his insessorial brethren, most of whom go when he comes.
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In the nine-year Report from the Zoological Society, twenty-four insessorial species are enumerated which had not bred, and of these only four were known to have coupled.
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