INSESSORIAL Definition & Meaning

insessorial

[in-suh-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

adapted for perching, as a bird's foot.
habitually perching, as a bird.
of or relating to birds that perch.

insessorial

/ ˌɪ�Բ�ɛˈ��ɔː��ɪə�� /

adjective

(of feet or claws) adapted for perching
(of birds) having insessorial feet

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of insessorial¹

1830–40; < New Latin Insessor ( es ) the perching birds ( Latin: perchers, equivalent to insed-, variant stem of ��Բ�ī�� to settle on ( in- in- ² + ��ī�� to sit down) + -��ō��ŧ��, plural of -tor -tor ) + -ial

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of insessorial¹

C19: from New Latin ��Բ��ō��ŧ�� birds that perch, from Latin: perchers, from ��Բ��ŧ�� to sit upon, from ��ŧ�� to sit

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Coniros′tres, a group of insessorial birds with such.

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Alau′da, a genus of insessorial birds, which includes the larks.

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His physical construction closely resembles that of his insessorial brethren, most of whom go when he comes.

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In the nine-year Report from the Zoological Society, twenty-four insessorial species are enumerated which had not bred, and of these only four were known to have coupled.

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