Insessores

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Insessores
    n 1: 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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

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