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PERCHER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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:
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person situated on a perch
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("percher" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
perch (sit, as on a branch)
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