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insessorial

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in⋅ses⋅so⋅ri⋅al

  [in-suh-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr-]
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–adjective
1. adapted for perching, as a bird's foot.
2. habitually perching, as a bird.
3. of or pertaining to birds that perch.
Origin:
1830–40; < NL Insessor(es) the perching birds (L: perchers, equiv. to insed-, var. s. of insīdere to settle on (in- in- 2 + sīdere to sit down) + -tōrēs, pl. of -tor -tor ) + -ial
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in·ses·so·ri·al   (ĭn'sě-sôr'ē-əl, -sōr'-)   


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adj.  Perching or adapted for perching: insessorial claws.

[From New Latin Īnsessōrēs, the perching birds, from Latin īnsessus, past participle of īnsidēre, to sit upon; see insidious.]
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