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cursorial

cursorial adjective: adapted for running.

Adjective

cursorial (comparative more cursorial, superlative most cursorial)

  1. Adapted for running.
    • The limbs of the horse are cursorial.
  2. Having legs fitted for running.
    • The ostrich is a cursorial bird.

Noun

cursorial (plural cursorials)

  1. Such an animal

Forms of cursorial

Adjective
comparativemore cursorial
superlativemost cursorial
Noun
pluralcursorials

Origin of cursorial

By surface analysis, cursory + -al.

Words formed from cursorial

Words that rhyme with cursorial

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Questions about cursorial

What does cursorial mean?
Cursorial means adapted for running.
What part of speech is cursorial?
Cursorial can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near cursorial in the dictionary

  1. cursor
  2. cursor key
  3. cursor keys
  4. cursorary
  5. cursored
  6. cursorial
  7. cursorialism
  8. cursorialist
  9. cursorialists
  10. cursoriality
  11. cursorially

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