ambulatorial

ambulatorial

English

Etymology

From Latin ambulator (“walker or wanderer”) +‎ -ial.

Adjective

ambulatorial (comparative more ambulatorial, superlative most ambulatorial)

1. (zoology) ambulatory; adapted for walking; gressorial
   • 1872 Elliott Coues, Key to North American Birds

     Gulls average much larger than terns, with stouter build; the feet are larger and more ambulatorial, the wings are shorter and not so thin; the birds winnow the air in a steady course unlike the buoyant dashing flight of their relatives.

Related terms

• ambulatory

Translations

Translations

French: marcheur (fr) m

See also

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