percher

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

percher
    n 1: a person situated on a perch
    2: a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches);
       this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists [syn:
       {Insessores}, {order Insessores}, {perching bird}, {percher}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Percher \Perch"er\, n. [From {Perch}, v. i.]
   1. One who, or that which, perches. --J. Burroughs.
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   2. One of the Insessores.
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   3. [From {Perch} a pole.] A Paris candle anciently used in
      England; also, a large wax candle formerly set upon the
      altar. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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