what does perching bird mean?
PERCHING BIRD as NOUN
- Meaning
- a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches)
- this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
Synonym(s)
Hypernyms(s) perching bird is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
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