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holaspidean, a. Zool.|hɒlæˈspɪdɪən|
[f. mod.L. Holaspideæ (C. J. Sundevall Methodi Naturalis Avium Disponendarum Tentamen (1872) I. 53), f. Gr. ὅλος whole + ἀσπίς shield.]
Pertaining to passerine birds that have a single series of large scutella on the posterior portion of the tarsus.
1885J. S. Kingsley Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) IV. 485 This peculiarity consists in the holaspidean tarsi, technically making them scutelliplantar, the hind surface of the tarsus being broken up into scutes similar to those covering the front part. 1907R. Ridgway Birds N. & Middle Amer. IV. 329 In all Oscines except the Alaudidæ (in which the tarsus is holaspidean) [the tarsus] has the posterior margin contracted into a sharp or narrow ridge or edge. 1959Van Tyne & Berger Fund. Ornith. ii. 48 Several types of passerine tarsal scutellation have been described... Holaspidean: With rear surface of tarsus covered by a single series of broad, rectangular scales. |