Taxaspidean

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

  Taxaspidean \Tax`as*pid"e*an\, a. [Gr. ? an arrangement + ?, ?,
     shield.] (Zool.)
     Having the posterior tarsal scales, or scutella, rectangular
     and arranged in regular rows; -- said of certain birds.
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