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cursorial

ADJECTIVE
  1. (of limbs and feet) adapted for running

How To Use cursorial In A Sentence

  • Their decline accelerated during the Oligocene and coincided with the rise of another group of large herbivorous and cursorial mammals, the artiodactyls.
  • It browses on ground cacti, is reported to not drink, and is superior in cursorial ability compared to other living species. Meet peccary # 4
  • Both species live in early successional habitats and are often the two most abundant cursorial spiders in agricultural systems of the eastern and central United States.
  • Dromaeosaurs were all bipedal, fairly cursorial, and terrestrial.
  • Theropod dinosaurs are seen to exhibit too many terrestrial and cursorial adaptations to be avian precursors.
  • However, whether these elements belong to the wing or hindlimb can reflect the ecology of the living species, i.e., strong fliers versus cursorial or aquatic forms.
  • So I wonder if the reptilean ancestors of the birds had a cursorial or an arboreal approach to early flight …. Think Progress » Texas Education Agency Slams Fox News’s Fearmongering About The State’s Social Studies Curriculum Changes
  • However, the transition from cursorial to aerial locomotion and maneuvering was not as simple as growing large wings.
  • See the next post (Goodbye my giant predatory, cursorial, flightless hoatzin). Giant hoatzins of doom
  • They are highly adapted for cursorial life, their offspring are vulnerable to predation, and adequate den sites are limited.
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