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单词 insessores
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Insessoresn.

/ɪnsɛˈsɔːriːz/
Etymology: modern Latin, plural of insessor, agent-noun < insidēre to sit on or upon (in ancient Latin found only in the sense ‘besetter (of a way, etc.)’.
Ornithology.
With plural agreement. The Perchers or Perching birds, having feet with three toes in front and one behind, adapted for perching on trees; the name given by Vigors in 1823 to the second Order of Birds in his classification, coinciding nearly with the Passeres and Picæ of Linnæus. ‘Though long accepted without hesitation by most British and many foreign authors, the composite nature of the group has now been recognized, and the use of the name is generally abandoned’ (A. Newton Dict. Birds, 1893).
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percher1771
rooster1811
Insessores1823
1823 N. A. Vigors in Trans. Linn. Soc. 14 405 As the distinctive characters in the other orders are taken from the peculiarities of their feet..I wish to follow the same plan in the present case, and to designate this order by the title of Insessores or Perching Birds.
1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 395 The Insessores form the largest order of existing birds.
1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 91 In some Insessores it [the carotid artery] is only found on the left side.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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