CURSORIAL


Meaning of CURSORIAL in English

|kər|sōrēəl adjective

Etymology: Late Latin cursori us of running + English -al

1. : adapted to running

cursorial insects

: having limbs adapted to running and not to prehension

a cursorial horse

— opposed to fossorial

2.

a.

[New Latin Cursor es + English -ial ]

: of or relating to the Cursores

b.

[New Latin Cursoria + English -al ]

: of or relating to the Cursoria

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.