PERCHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does percher mean? 

• PERCHER (noun)
  The noun PERCHER has 2 senses:

1. a person situated on a perch

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

  Familiarity information: PERCHER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERCHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person situated on a perch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("percher" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

perch (sit, as on a branch)

Sense 2

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 ("percher" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Holonyms ("percher" is a member of...):

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

Derivation:

perch (sit, as on a branch)