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endaspidean, a.|ɛndæˈspɪdɪən|
[f. mod.L. Endaspideæ (C. J. Sundevall Methodi Naturalis Avium Disponendarum Tentamen (1872) I. 55), f. Gr. ἔνδον within + ἀσπίς shield.]
Pertaining to passerine birds that have an anterior series of scutella on the inner side of the tarsus.
1889in Cent. Dict. 1902R. Ridgway Birds North & Middle Amer. IV. 328 The several modifications of the tarsal envelope in the present group may be described as follows... II. Endaspidean.—The above arrangement (exaspidean) reversed, the acrotarsium extending to and around the tarsus from the inner side, the narrow plantar space being thus external instead of internal. 1959Van Tyne & Berger Fund. Ornith. ii. 48 Several types of passerine tarsal scutellation have been described... Endaspidean... Anterior, scutellated segment of tarsal sheath extends across the inner side of the tarsus. |