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scansorial

[ skan-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr- ]

adjective

, Zoology.
  1. capable of or adapted for climbing, as the feet of certain birds, lizards, etc.
  2. habitually climbing, as a woodpecker.


scansorial

/ skænˈsɔːrɪəl /

adjective

  1. zoology specialized for, characterized by, or relating to climbing

    a scansorial bird

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scansorial1

1800–10; < Latin scānsōri ( us ) for climbing ( scand ( ere ) to climb ( scan ) + -tōrius -tory 1, with dt > s ) + -al 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scansorial1

C19: from Latin scānsōrius, from scandere to climb
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Example Sentences

The South American tropics are dominated by the mostly terrestrial teiioids and mostly scansorial and arboreal iguanians.

Feet scansorial, versatile; the outer toe long, and connected by the first joints to the inner toe.

As implied above the brush mouse is adapted for a scansorial mode of life; but other mice and rats inhabit the rocky crevices of low bluffs.

They belong to the scansorial order of birds; that is, they have two toes forward and two backward.

Among the smaller birds in these forests, the trogons—a genus of scansorial birds—are the most beautiful, surpassing their relatives found in other parts of the world.

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