ambulatorial
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ambulator (“walker or wanderer”) + -ial.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌam.bjə.ləˈtoɹ.i.əl/, /-bjʊ-/, [-ˈto̞ɹ-]
- (without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ˌam.bjə.ləˈto(ː)ɹ.i.əl/, /-bjʊ-/
Adjective edit
ambulatorial (comparative more ambulatorial, superlative most ambulatorial)
- (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.