"gressory" meaning in English

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          "text": "The anterior pair of feet are compreſſed laterally, and ſerrated on one ſide, their extremities terminating in a ſingle nail. The four back feet are ſmooth and greſſory, being formed rather for advancing ſlowly than for performing quick movements.",
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          "text": "Characters. Bill awl-ſhaped, flattiſh, obtuſe, ſtrait, with broad briſtles at the baſe. / Feet greſſory.",
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          "text": "This order of birds is extremely numerous, comprehending twenty-three diftinct genera. Of theſe, eleven have ambulatory feet; that is, have three diſtinct toes before and one behind; eight have ſcanſory feet, or two toes before and two behind; and four have greſſory feet, that is, two fore toes connected, but without a membrane.",
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