Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cursorial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: cur-so-ri-al
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Adapted for running.

adj

Having legs fitted for running.

noun

Such an animal

Example Sentences

"The limbs of the horse are cursorial."
"The ostrich is a cursorial bird."

Etymology

By surface analysis, cursory + -al.

Inflected Forms

more cursorial (comparative) most cursorial (superlative) cursorials (plural)

Derived Forms

cursorialism cursorialist cursoriality cursorially noncursorial

Frequently Paired Words

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Rhymes With

memorial editorial territorial tutorial gubernatorial pictorial equatorial senatorial dictatorial directorial boreal combinatorial

Questions

What does cursorial mean?: Adapted for running.
Where does cursorial come from?: By surface analysis, cursory + -al.

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