'Cursorius cursor' definitions:
Definition of 'Cursorius cursor'
(from WordNet)
noun
Courser of desert and semidesert regions of the Old World [syn: cream-colored courser, Cursorius cursor]
Definition of 'Cursorius cursor'
From: GCIDE
- Courser \Cours"er\ (k?rs"?r), n. [F. coursier.]
- 1. One who courses or hunts. [1913 Webster]
- leash is a leathern thong by which . . . a courser leads his greyhound. --Hanmer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger. [Poetic.] --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) A grallatorial bird of Europe {(Cursorius cursor)}, remarkable for its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running birds of the Ostrich family. [1913 Webster]