scansorial

English

Etymology

From Latin scansarius, from scansus, past participle of scandere (“to climb”).

Adjective

scansorial (comparative more scansorial, superlative most scansorial)

1. (zoology) Adapted to or specialised for climbing

   scansorial claws

2. (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, […]

Derived terms

• scansoriality

Translations

Translations

• Bulgarian: лазещ (bg) (lazešt), катерещ се (katerešt se)
• French: grimpeur (fr) m
• Welsh: dringol

See also

• ambulatorial
• cursorial
• fossorial
• gressorial
• natatorial
• raptorial
• saltatorial

References

• “scansorial”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• rascalions