Gressorial

Quick meaning: Gressorial is an adjective meaning (zoology) Adapted for walking, rather than being adapted for say, swimming, as in seals, or digging, as in moles; ambulatorial.

Meaning

(zoology) Adapted for walking, rather than being adapted for say, swimming, as in seals, or digging, as in moles; ambulatorial.

Example Sentences

[…] 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.

[…] the first pair of legs in Ixodids functions rather as antennae than as gressorial limbs. In the hungry tick it is a frequent occurrence for the first pair of legs to be raised up, thrust forwards towards approaching objects […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ambulatorial, cursorial, mediportal, laterigrade, natatorious, plantigrade.

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