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percher
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun percher has 2 senses
- percher(n = noun.person) Array - a person situated on a perch; Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- percher(n = noun.animal) insessores, order insessores, perching bird - a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists; Array is a kind of animal order
Derived form verb perch1
is a member of aves, class aves
Derived form verb perch1
CIDE DICTIONARY
- One who, or that which, perches. J. Burroughs. [1913 Webster]
- One of the Insessores. [1913 Webster]
- A Paris candle anciently used in England; also, a large wax candle formerly set upon the altar. Bailey. [1913 Webster]
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