cursorial

 [kur-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr-]  

cur·so·ri·al

   [kur-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr-]
adjective Zoology.
1.
adapted for running, as the feet and skeleton of dogs, horses, etc.
2.
having limbs adapted for running, as certain birds, insects, etc.
Origin:
1830–40; < Late Latin cursōri(us) of running (see cursory) + -al1
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warm-blooded vertebrate with feathers, wings, scaly legs and beak which bear young in shelled eggs
cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates with gills, often have fins and elongated body covered with scales
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cursorial (kɜːˈsɔːrɪəl)
 
—adj
zoology adapted for running: a cursorial skeleton; cursorial birds

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