English

Adjective

gressorial ‎(comparative more gressorial, superlative most gressorial)

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

   • "...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.^[1]

     "...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..."^[2]

See also

• cursorial
• fossorial
• natatorial
• raptorial
• saltatorial
• scansorial

References

1. ↑ Key to North American Birds year=1872
2. ↑ Entomological Revue American Institute of Biological Sciences 1965