Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scansorial"
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.
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