Found 2 items, similar to Insessores.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Insessores
Insessores
n : a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches);
this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
[syn:
order Insessores,
perching bird,
percher]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Insessores
Insessor
\In*ses"sor\, n.; pl.
Insessores. [See
Insessores.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of the
Insessores. The group includes most of the
common singing birds.
[1913 Webster]
Insessores
\In`ses*so"res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. insessor, lit.,
one who sits down, fr. incidere. See
Insession.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of birds, formerly established to include the
perching birds, but now generally regarded as an artificial
group.
[1913 Webster]