Gressorial
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Adapted for walking, rather than being adapted for say, swimming, as in seals, or digging, as in moles; ambulatorial.
"[…] the feet are gressorial, large and strong, fitted for the more or less terrestrial life which most of the species lead, walking on the ground with ease instead of hopping like most Fringillidae."
Example
More examples"[…] the feet are gressorial, large and strong, fitted for the more or less terrestrial life which most of the species lead, walking on the ground with ease instead of hopping like most Fringillidae."
Etymology
From Latin gressōrius + -al, from gressus (“walked”).
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