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PERCHING BIRD
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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 ("perching bird" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Holonyms ("perching bird" is a member of...):
Aves; class Aves ((ornithology) the class of birds)