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- a fast-running plover-like bird related to the pratincoles, typically found in open country in Africa and Asia走鸻。
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- Genera Cursorius and Rhinoptilus, family Glareolidae: several species, in particular the desert-dwelling cream-coloured courser (C. cursor).燕鸻科, 走鸻属: 数种, 尤指栖息在沙漠地带的乳色走鸻(拉丁名C. cursor)。
词源
mid 18th cent.: from modern Latin Cursorius 'adapted for running', from cursor 'runner', from the verb currere (see COURSE).