Category:Scansorial

Scan*so"ri*al, a. (zoöl.) (a) capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; Adapted for climbing; as, the scansorial foot. (b) of or pertaining to the scansores. See illust. under aves. Scansorial tail (zoöl.), a tail in which the feathers are stiff and Sharp at the tip, as in the woodpeckers.