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scansorious

scansorious adjective: formed for climbing.

Adjective

scansorious (not comparable)

  1. Formed for climbing.
    • a bird with scansorious feet

Origin of scansorious

From Latin scansorius (“climbing”) + -ous, from scansus + -torius.

Questions about scansorious

What does scansorious mean?
Scansorious means formed for climbing.
What part of speech is scansorious?
Scansorious is an adjective.

Words near scansorious in the dictionary

  1. scansorii
  2. scansoriopterigid
  3. scansoriopterigids
  4. scansoriopterygid
  5. scansoriopterygids
  6. scansorious
  7. scansorius
  8. scant
  9. scante
  10. scanted
  11. scanter

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