Zool. [ad. L. cursōrius, orig. adj. ‘adapted to running,’ used subst. as a generic name.] A bird of the genus Cursorius, noted for swift running; esp. C. isabellinus, the cream-colored courser, a native of Northern Africa, very rarely seen in England.

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1766.  Pennant, Zool., II. 108.

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1840.  trans. Cuvier’s Anim. Kingd., 237. We shall place near the Plovers and Oyster-catchers The Coursers.

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1878.  T. Hardy, Return of Native, II. x. A cream-coloured courser had used to visit this hill, a bird so rare that not more than a dozen have ever been seen in England.

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  Courser4, var. of CORSER, Obs., dealer.

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