gressorial

adjective

1. 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.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry gressorial (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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