Exaspidean

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exaspidean \Ex`as*pid"e*an\, a. [Gr. ? out + ?, ?, a shield.]
     (Zo["o]l.)
     Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the
     outer side, leaving the inner side naked; -- said of certain
     birds.
     [1913 Webster]