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scansores |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scansores \Scan*so"res\, n. pl [NL., fr L. scandere scansum to climb.] (Zo["o]l.) An artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order They are distributed among several orders by modern ornithologists. Note: The toes are in pairs, two before and two behind, by which they are enabled to cling to and climb upon trees, as the woodpeckers, parrots, cuckoos, and trogons. See Illust. under {Aves}.
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