Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gressorial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gres-so-ri-al
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Example Sentences

"[…] 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."
"[…] 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 […]"

Etymology

From Latin gressōrius + -al, from gressus (“walked”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: gressōrius

Inflected Forms

more gressorial (comparative) most gressorial (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

ambulatorial cursorial fossorial natatorial raptorial saltatorial scansorial

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does gressorial mean?: Adapted for walking, rather than being adapted for say, swimming, as in seals, or digging, as in moles; ambulatorial.
Where does gressorial come from?: From Latin gressōrius + -al, from gressus (“walked”).

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