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taxaspidean, a. Ornith.|tæksæˈspɪdiːən| [f. mod.L. Taxaspidea, neut. pl. (f. Gr. τάξις arrangement + ἀσπίς shield) + -an.] Belonging to the division Taxaspidea of passerine birds, having the metatarsus regularly scutellated behind.
1899A. H. Evans in Cambr. Nat. Hist. IX. 488 The taxaspidean metatarsus is moderate or short in the Thamnophilinæ, and remarkably long in the Grallariinæ. |