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Webster 1913 Edition
Scansorial
Scan-so′ri-al
,Adj.
(Zool.)
(a)
Capable of climbing;
as, the woodpecker is a
; adapted for climbing; scansorial
birdas, a
. scansorial
foot(b)
Of or pertaining to the Scansores. See Illust. under
Aves
. Scansorial tail
(Zool.)
, a tail in which the feathers are stiff and sharp at the tip, as in the woodpeckers.