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Definition: Scansorial tail
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.
[1913 Webster]
Scansorial tail (Zo["o]l.), a tail in which the feathers
are stiff and sharp at the tip, as in the woodpeckers.
[1913 Webster]