• (n. pl.) An artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order. They are distributed among several orders by modern ornithologists.
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<ornithology> An artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order. They are distributed among several orders by modern ornithologists. ... The toes are in pairs, two before and two behind, by which they are enabled to cling to, and climb upon, trees, as the woodpeckers, parrots, cuckoos, and trogons. ... Origin: L. Scandere, scansum, to...
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Scan·so'res noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin
scandere ,
scansum , to climb.]
(Zoology) An artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order. They are distributed among several orders by modern ornithologists. » The toes are in pairs, two before and two behind,...
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Scansores is the Climbers order of birds. The members have various forms of bill, but all have short feet adapted for climbing, with four toes, two pointing forwards and two backwards or three pointing backwards and one pointing forwards.
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