scansorial
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin scansarius, from scansus, past participle of scandere (“to climb”).
Adjective[edit]
scansorial (comparative more scansorial, superlative most scansorial)
- (zoology) Adapted to or specialised for climbing
- scansorial claws
- (zoology) Habitually climbing; tending to climb
- 2008, Brian Hall, Fins into Limbs: Evolution, Development, and Transformation, page 261:
- The forelimbs of saltatory animals often resemble those of ambulatory or scansorial species, […]
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- “scansorial”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.