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scansorial definition

scan·so·rial (skan sôr′ē əl)

adjective

  1. of or adapted for climbing, as a bird's feet
  2. that climbs or can climb

Etymology: < L scansus, pp. of scandere, to climb: see descend

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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