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cursorial
[ kur-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr- ]
adjective
, Zoology.
- adapted for running, as the feet and skeleton of dogs, horses, etc.
- having limbs adapted for running, as certain birds, insects, etc.
cursorial
/ kɜːˈsɔːrɪəl /
adjective
- zoology adapted for running
cursorial birds
a cursorial skeleton
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cursorial1
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Example Sentences
Those modifications most noticeable in the case of cursorial types may be briefly mentioned as examples.
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It cannot be that it is learned by imitation, any more than the exercise of the cursorial powers can be said to be thus acquired.
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New Zealand has no indigenous mammalia, but in their place great cursorial birds with but rudimentary wings.
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It had three toes, and is classed with the cursorial birds (ostrich, &c.).
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Cursorial adaptations in birds—limb proportions in the skeleton of Geococcyx.
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