pycnaspidean

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “dense, crowded”) + ἀσπίς (aspís, “a shield”) + -ean.

Adjective

pycnaspidean (not comparable)

  1. (orithology, of birds or tarsus) Having the posterior side of the tarsus covered with small irregular scales.

Coordinate terms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pycnaspidean”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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