exaspideanadj.

/ɛksaˈspɪdiːən/

Etymology: < modern Latin Exaspideae (C. J. Sundevall Methodi Naturalis Avium Disponendarum Tentamen (1872) I. 57), < Greek ἔξω outside + ἀσπίς shield.

Zoology.

Pertaining to passerine birds that have an anterior series of scutella on the outer side of the tarsus; cf. endaspidean adj.

ΚΠ

1889 in Cent. Dict.

1907 R. Ridgway Birds North & Middle Amer. (Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 50) IV. 328 The several modifications of the tarsal envelope in the present group may be described as follows: 1. Exaspidean.—The anterior envelope (acrotarsium) extends entirely across the outer side of the tarsus and around the posterior side, sometimes meeting the starting point on the posterior portion of the inner side, the two edges usually separated by a narrow strip or groove of smooth or nonscutellate membrane.

1959 J. Van Tyne & A. J. Berger Fund. Ornithol. ii. 48 Several types of passerine tarsal scutellation have been described... Exaspidean: With anterior, scutellated segment of tarsal sheath extending across the external side of tarsus.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	exaspidean
释义	exaspideanadj. /ɛksaˈspɪdiːən/ Etymology: < modern Latin Exaspideae (C. J. Sundevall Methodi Naturalis Avium Disponendarum Tentamen (1872) I. 57), < Greek ἔξω outside + ἀσπίς shield. Zoology. Pertaining to passerine birds that have an anterior series of scutella on the outer side of the tarsus; cf. endaspidean adj. ΚΠ 1889 in Cent. Dict. 1907 R. Ridgway Birds North & Middle Amer. (Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 50) IV. 328 The several modifications of the tarsal envelope in the present group may be described as follows: 1. Exaspidean.—The anterior envelope (acrotarsium) extends entirely across the outer side of the tarsus and around the posterior side, sometimes meeting the starting point on the posterior portion of the inner side, the two edges usually separated by a narrow strip or groove of smooth or nonscutellate membrane. 1959 J. Van Tyne & A. J. Berger Fund. Ornithol. ii. 48 Several types of passerine tarsal scutellation have been described... Exaspidean: With anterior, scutellated segment of tarsal sheath extending across the external side of tarsus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adj.1889
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