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insessorial

[ in-suh-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr- ]

adjective

  1. adapted for perching, as a bird's foot.
  2. habitually perching, as a bird.
  3. of or relating to birds that perch.


insessorial

/ ˌɪnsɛˈsɔːrɪəl /

adjective

  1. (of feet or claws) adapted for perching
  2. (of birds) having insessorial feet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of insessorial1

1830–40; < New Latin Insessor ( es ) the perching birds ( Latin: perchers, equivalent to insed-, variant stem of insīdere to settle on ( in- in- 2 + sīdere to sit down) + -tōrēs, plural of -tor -tor ) + -ial
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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.

Alau′da, a genus of insessorial birds, which includes the larks.

His physical construction closely resembles that of his insessorial brethren, most of whom go when he comes.

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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