Definitions for: Courser

[n] swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: cream-colored courser, crocodile bird, Cursorius cursor, family Glareolidae, Glareolidae, limicoline bird, Pluvianus aegyptius, shore bird, shorebird

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