endaspidean

From endo- + Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “a shield”) + -ean.

endaspidean (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, rare, zoology) Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; said of certain birds.

   tarsal envelope endaspidean

   endaspidean tarsus

• exaspidean
• holaspidean´
• pycnaspidean
• taxaspidean

• “endaspidean”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.