Meaning

2 senses

  1. Synonym of passerine.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see perching, bird.

More definitions
  • a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists

Forms

plural: perching birds
Singularperching bird
Pluralperching birds

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
passerine
Close in meaning
  • a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists:Insessoresorder Insessorespercher

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
perceptiveC1perceptualperchC2percolatorpercussionperditionperegrine

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