Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scansorial \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.