holaspidean

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holaspidean - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Holaspidean \Hol`as*pid"e*an\, a. [Holo- + Gr.?, ?, shield.]
     (Zool.)
     Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side
     of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.
     [1913 Webster]