( a. )
Having the anterior surface of the tarsus covered with scutella, or transverse scales, in the form of incomplete bands terminating at a groove on each side; -- said of certain birds.
( a. )
Having the anterior surface of the tarsus covered with scutella, or transverse scales, in the form of incomplete bands terminating at a groove on each side; -- said of certain birds.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012