insessorial, a. Ornith.
(ɪnsɛˈsɔərɪəl)
[f. L. type *insessōri-us (f. insessor: see prec.) + -al1.]
Of or pertaining to the Insessores, or Perchers.
| 1837 New Monthly Mag. L. 195 It is in the Insessorial order of birds that the songsters abound. 1874 Coues Birds N.W. 321 Claws..hardly more than insessorial, instead of raptorial, in character. |