"cursorial" meaning in English

See cursorial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more cursorial [comparative], most cursorial [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl Head templates: {{en-adj}} cursorial (comparative more cursorial, superlative most cursorial)
  1. (zoology) Adapted for running. Categories (topical): Zoology Translations (adapted for running): juoksemiseen sopeutunut (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-cursorial-en-adj-ka0IcDNO Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'adapted for running': 86 14
  2. (zoology) Having legs fitted for running. Categories (topical): Zoology Translations (having legs fitted for running): juoksu- (Finnish), rhedol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-cursorial-en-adj-o7xGTcTr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 77 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 68 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 78 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 79 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 71 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 73 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 12 72 17 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'having legs fitted for running': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cursorialism, cursorialist, cursoriality, cursorially, noncursorial

Noun

Forms: cursorials [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl Head templates: {{en-noun}} cursorial (plural cursorials)
  1. Such an animal Related terms: ambulatorial, fossorial, gressorial, natatorial, raptorial, saltatorial, scansorial
    Sense id: en-cursorial-en-noun-GMfR~ZtD

Inflected forms

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