gressorialadj.
/ɡrɛˈsɔːrɪəl/, U.S. /ɡrɛˈsɔriəl/ Zoology.
Adapted for stepping or walking, formed for or having the habit of walking, ambulatory.
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1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 531/1 Gressorial, in Ornithology, is applied to the feet of birds which have three toes forward, two of which are connected, and one behind.
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II ii. 825 The family of gressorial Gammarids.
1856–8 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 649 Feet of trunk all gressorial.
1877 E. Coues & J. A. Allen Monogr. N. Amer. Rodentia (U.S. Geol. Surv. Territories, vol. XI) 532 The forelimbs small and neat, indicating predominance of prehensile over merely gressorial faculties.
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