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