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    PERCHING BIRD

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomistsplay

    Synonyms:

    Insessores; order Insessores; percher; perching bird

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("perching bird" is a kind of...):

    animal order (the order of animals)

    Holonyms ("perching bird" is a member of...):

    Aves; class Aves ((ornithology) the class of birds)

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