gressorial

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] 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 […]”

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