"gressorial" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more gressorial [comparative], most gressorial [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl Etymology: From Latin gressus (“walked”) + -or + -ial. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gressus|or|ial|lang1=la|t1=walked}} Latin gressus (“walked”) + -or + -ial Head templates: {{en-adj}} gressorial (comparative more gressorial, superlative most gressorial)
  1. (zoology) Adapted for walking, rather than being adapted for say, swimming, as in seals, or digging, as in moles; ambulatorial. Categories (topical): Zoology Related terms: ambulatorial, cursorial, fossorial, natatorial, raptorial, saltatorial, scansorial Translations (Translations): gressoripède [feminine, masculine] (French), cerddedol (Welsh)
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