Has "cursorial" replaced "cursor" in most usage?

[mattja]

Referring to organisms that are adapted to run.

I often see the word cursor used to refer to animals that are cursorial, but when I look up cursor in the online dictionaries, all definitions refer to the computer software cursor.

Seems kind of weird, no?

[suzy_q2010]

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cursor

from the Latin:

Noun
cursor m (genitive cursōris); third declension

a runner, racer
a courier, messenger, post
a slave, who ran before the chariot of a grandee, forerunner

Speaking of runners, did you see the Kentucky derby today?

[puginabug]

Originally Posted by suzy_q2010

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cursor

from the Latin:

Noun
cursor m (genitive cursōris); third declension

a runner, racer
a courier, messenger, post
a slave, who ran before the chariot of a grandee, forerunner

Speaking of runners, did you see the Kentucky derby today?

Yesss! Winning jockey is from the town I live in!

Does OP mean Courser?

[suzy_q2010]

Originally Posted by puginabug

Does OP mean Courser?

No, cursor.