Definitions for scansorial

scansorial scan·so·ri·al

Spelling: [skan-sawr-ee-uh l, -sohr-]
IPA: /skænˈsɔr i əl, -ˈsoʊr-/

Scansorial is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 680 anagrams from letters in scansorial (aacilnorss).

Definitions for scansorial

adjective

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

Origin of scansorial

1800-10; Latin scānsōri(us) for climbing (scand(ere) to climb (see scan) + -tōrius -tory1, with dt > s) + -a

Examples for scansorial

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

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.

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

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