ORDER INSESSORES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Insessores mean? 

• ORDER INSESSORES (noun)
  The noun ORDER INSESSORES has 1 sense:

1. a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists

  Familiarity information: ORDER INSESSORES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER INSESSORES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Insessores; order Insessores; percher; perching bird

Hypernyms ("order Insessores" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Holonyms ("order Insessores" is a member of...):

Aves; class Aves ((ornithology) the class of birds)