scansorial

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Zoology.

scansorial

/ skænˈsɔːrɪəl /

zoology specialized for, characterized by, or relating to climbing
a scansorial bird

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

C19: from Latin scānsōrius, from scandere to climb

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

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

The sub-genus Chlorisses, in reference to Ornithology, is a scansorial type.

Unlike the toucans, however, it cannot climb trees, and is therefore not of the Scansorial order.

The toucan (Ramphastos) belongs to the genus of scansorial birds.

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