\Scan*so"ri*al\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial
    bird; adapted for climbing; as, a scansorial foot.
(b) Of or pertaining to the Scansores. See Illust.. under
    {Aves}.
{Scansorial tail} (Zo["o]l.), a tail in which the feathers
   are stiff and sharp at the tip, as in the woodpeckers.