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Noun: percher  pur-chu(r)
  1. A person situated on a perch
    "The birdwatcher was a patient percher, waiting hours for a glimpse of the rare species"
     
  2. A bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
    "The sparrow demonstrated typical percher behaviour as it gripped the branch";
    - Insessores [archaic], order Insessores, perching bird

Derived forms: perchers

Type of: actor, animal order, doer, worker

Part of: Aves, class Aves