Scansorial

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, the scansorial foot.

2. 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.