insessorial

American  

[in-suh-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr-] / ˌɪn səˈsɔr i əl, -ˈsoʊr- /

adjective

1. adapted for perching, as a bird's foot.

2. habitually perching, as a bird.

3. of or relating to birds that perch.

---

insessorial British  

/ ˌɪnsɛˈsɔːrɪəl /

adjective

1. (of feet or claws) adapted for perching

2. (of birds) having insessorial feet

---

Etymology

Origin of insessorial

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg