Pycnaspidean

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

  Pycnaspidean \Pyc`nas*pid"e*an\, a. [Gr. ? thick, crowded + ?,
     ?, a shield.] (Zool.)
     Having the posterior side of the tarsus covered with small
     irregular scales; -- said of certain birds.
     [1913 Webster]