Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or having the characters of the Holaspideæ; specifically, having the posterior portion of the tarsus covered by large scutella in a single series, as in the larks, Alaudidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.
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- adjective zoology Having a single series of large
scutes on theposterior side of thetarsus ; said of certainbirds .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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reesetee commented on the word holaspidean
Pertaining to passerine birds that have a single series of large scutella (singular: scutellum) on the posterior portion of the tarsus.
July 30, 2008