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courser

 
(kôr'sər, kōr'-) pronunciation
n.
  1. A dog trained for coursing.
  2. A huntsman.

cours·er2 (kôr'sər, kōr'-) pronunciation
n.
A swift horse; a charger.


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IN BRIEF: A fast, spirited horse.

pronunciation A strong courser was needed to bring the messenger swiftly from one castle to another.

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Coursers
Cream-coloured Courser
(Cursorius cursor)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Glareolidae
Genera

Pluvianus
Cursorius
Rhinoptilus

The Coursers are a group of birds which together with the pratincoles make up the family Glareolidae. They have long legs, short wings and long pointed bills which curve downwards. Their most unusual feature for birds classed as waders is that they inhabit deserts and similar arid regions.

They have cryptic plumage and crouch down when alarmed to avoid detection by predators.

Like the pratincoles, the coursers are found in warmer parts of the Old World. They hunt insects by running.

Their 2-3 eggs are laid on the ground.

Species in taxonomic order

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Translations:

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - ganger

2.
n. - løber, courser

3.
n. - jagthest

Nederlands (Dutch)
ros, renvogel, jachthond

Français (French)
1.
n. - coursier (cheval) (littér, arch)

2.
n. - (Orn) oiseaux charadriiformes

3.
n. - chien courant, chasseur

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Roß, Rennpferd

2.
n. - (Zool) Rennvogel, Wüstenläufer

3.
n. - Jagdhund, Jäger

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άλογο κούρσας, δρόμων ίππος

Italiano (Italian)
destriero

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cão (m) de caça, cursório (m) (Ornit.)

Русский (Russian)
охотничья собака

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - cazador de liebres

2.
n. - corcel

3.
n. - ave zancuda muy corredora

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - springare (poet.), harjägare, harhund, ökenlöpare (zool.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 呼潮鸟之一种

2. 猎狗, 骏马, 打猎者

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 呼潮鳥之一種

2.
n. - 獵狗, 駿馬, 打獵者

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 사냥꾼, 사냥개

2.
n. - 준마, 군마

3.
n. - 제비물떼새과의 일종

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 狩りをする人, 猟犬, 地上を速く走る鳥, スナバシリ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حصان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סוס מהיר‬
n. - ‮עוף-ריצה המצוי באפריקה ובאסיה‬
n. - ‮כלב-צייד, מגדל כלבי-צייד, צייד‬


 
 

 

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