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scansorial

(Science: zoology) Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, the scansorial foot.

Of or pertaining to the scansores.

(Science: zoology) Scansorial tail, a tail in which the feathers are stiff and sharp at the tip, as in the woodpeckers.