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percher

[ pur-cher ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that perches. perch.
  2. a bird whose feet are adapted for perching. perch.


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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of percher1

First recorded in 1575–85; perch 1 + -er 1
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Example Sentences

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Catherine, dressed in a bottle-green and percher hat, presented the traditional sprigs of shamrock to officers, guardsmen and mascot Seamus, the Irish wolfhound, at the regiment's annual parade at Wellington Barracks.

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And as we have seen from those fellow perchers from Fergie’s time, giving the kids a go can handsomely pay off.â€

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The majority are perchers that sit and clamber on branches when foraging and feeding but some are semi-terrestrial and others completely so.

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When inner curvature was measured, and when claw mid-length depth was accounted for, one specimen plotted within the ‘ground-dweller’ region, but the other one plotted within the shared ‘climber’-‘predatory’-‘percher’-‘ground-dweller’ space.

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The rebels on the hills and the perchers on the fence wanted their share of the common goods.

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