Etymology

insessorial

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Today it means: pertaining to a member of the Order Insessores, or perching birds; perching or designed for perching Full definition →

Latin insidere
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  1. Latin · derived frominsidere“sit upon”
  2. English todayinsessorial

From modern Latin Insessores ‘perchers’, from Latin insidere (“sit upon”), from in- + sedere (“sit”).

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