ORDER INSESSORES

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Insessores; order Insessores; percher; perching bird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)