Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having laminate tarsi; having the back of the tarsus covered with an undivided lamina on each side, the two meeting in a sharp ridge: opposed to scutelliplantar.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Having the
tarsus covered behind with ahorny sheath continuous on both sides, as in mostsongbirds .
Etymologies
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lamina + Latin planta sole of the foot.
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