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Cursorius cursor
Courser Cours"er (k?rs"?r), n. [F. coursier.] 1. One who courses or hunts. leash is a leathern thong by which . . . a courser leads his greyhound. --Hanmer. 2. A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger. [Poetic.] --Pope. 3. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Meaning of Cursorius cursor from wikipedia

- courser (Cursorius cursor) is a wader in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae. Both parts of the scientific name derive from Latin cursor, "runner"...
- Cursorius is a genus of coursers, a group of wading birds. The genus name derive from Latin cursor meaning "runner". There are five species which breed...
- Cream-colored courser Cursorius cursor Somali courser Cursorius somalensis Temminck's courser Cursorius temminckii Indian courser Cursorius coromandelicus Burc****'s...
- The cream-colored courser, Cursorius cursor, is a well-camouflaged desert resident with its dusty coloration, countershading, and disruptive head markings...
- as the common kestrel Falco tinnunculus, the cream-colored courser Cursorius cursor, the European bee-eater Merops apiaster and the Great grey shrike Lanius...
- long, pointed bills which curve downwards. Cream-colored courser, Cursorius cursor (A) Collared pratincole, Glareola pratincola Oriental pratincole, Glareola...
- nordmanni Collared pratincole, Glareola pratincola Cream-colored courser, Cursorius cursor (Canary Islands, elsewhere A) Oriental pratincole, Glareola maldivarum...
- downwards. Cream-colored courser, Cursorius cursor (A) Somali courser, Cursorius somalensis Temminck's courser, Cursorius temminckii Double-banded courser...
- There are 4 species which occur in Russia. Cream-colored courser, Cursorius cursor (A) Collared pratincole, Glareola pratincola Oriental pratincole, Glareola...
- region and are considered to form a superspecies with Cursorius cursor, Cursorius rufus and Cursorius temminckii. This species occurs in dry stony, scrubby...