adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Adapted to or specialised for climbing

   "scansorial claws"

2. 2
   Habitually climbing; tending to climb

   "The forelimbs of saltatory animals often resemble those of ambulatory or scansorial species, […]"

Synonyms

All synonyms

ascendantascendingclimbingleapingmountingrampant

Example

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"The forelimbs of saltatory animals often resemble those of ambulatory or scansorial species, […]"

Etymology

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

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