scansorial
/skan-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr-/US // skænˈsɔr i əl, -ˈsoʊr- //UK // (skænˈsɔːrɪəl) //
扫瞄器,扫瞄仪,扫瞄法,扫地机器人
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Zoology.
- : capable of or adapted for climbing, as the feet of certain birds, lizards, etc.
- : habitually climbing, as a woodpecker.
Examples
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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