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scansorial

scansorial


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scansorial  \Scan*so"ri*al\,  a.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  Capable  of  climbing;  as  the  woodpecker  is  a  scansorial 
  bird;  adapted  for  climbing;  as  a  scansorial  foot. 
  b  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  Scansores.  See  Illust..  under 
  {Aves}. 
 
  {Scansorial  tail}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  tail  in  which  the  feathers 
  are  stiff  and  sharp  at  the  tip,  as  in  the  woodpeckers.