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单词 insessorial
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
in•ses•so•ri•al  (in′sə sôrē əl, -sōr-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Birdsadapted for perching, as a bird's foot.
  2. Birdshabitually perching, as a bird.
  3. Birdsof or pertaining to birds that perch.
  • Neo-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
  • 1830–40

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
insessorial /ˌɪnsɛˈsɔːrɪəl/ adj
  1. (of feet or claws) adapted for perching
  2. (of birds) having insessorial feet
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin Insessōrēs birds that perch, from Latin: perchers, from insidēre to sit upon, from sedēre to sit
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