gressorial
English
Adjective
gressorial (comparative more gressorial, superlative most gressorial)
- (zoology) Adapted for walking, rather than being adapted for say, swimming, as in seals, or digging, as in moles; ambulatorial
- 1965, Entomological Revue, American Institute of Biological Sciences:
- […] 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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