cursorial

/kur-sawr-ee-uhl, -sohr-/US // kɜrˈsɔr i əl, -ˈsoʊr- //UK // (kɜːˈsɔːrɪəl) //

诅咒性的,诅咒者,诅咒,诅咒性

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
Zoology.
- : adapted for running, as the feet and skeleton of dogs, horses, etc.
- : having limbs adapted for running, as certain birds, insects, etc.

Those modifications most noticeable in the case of cursorial types may be briefly mentioned as examples.
It cannot be that it is learned by imitation, any more than the exercise of the cursorial powers can be said to be thus acquired.
New Zealand has no indigenous mammalia, but in their place great cursorial birds with but rudimentary wings.
It had three toes, and is classed with the cursorial birds (ostrich, &c.).
Cursorial adaptations in birds—limb proportions in the skeleton of Geococcyx.