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Noun: perching bird
  1. A bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
    - Insessores, order Insessores, percher

Derived forms: perching birds

Type of: animal order

Part of: Aves, class Aves

Encyclopedia: Perching bird

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Percheron
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Percidae
Perciformes
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