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locomotion
English
Etymology
From French locomotion, from Latin loc? (literally “from a place”) (ablative of locus (“place”)) + motionem (“motion, a moving”) (nominative m?tio), from Latin mov?re, present active infinitive of move? (“move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit”), from Proto-Indo-European *mew- (“to move, drive”)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -????n
Noun
locomotion (usually uncountable, plural locomotions)
- (uncountable) The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
- (biology, uncountable) Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming or flying.
- (countable, often preceded by definite article) A dance, originally popular in the 1960s, in which the arms are used to mimic the motion of the connecting rods of a steam locomotive.
Derived terms
- locomotive
- locomotor
Related terms
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?.k?.m?.sj??/
Noun
locomotion f (plural locomotions)
- locomotion
Derived terms
- locomoteur
- locomotif
Further reading
- “locomotion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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parapodium
English
Etymology
para- +? podium
Noun
parapodium (plural parapodia)
- (zoology) Any of the paired unjointed lateral outgrowths used for locomotion by worms such as annelids.
- (zoology) A lateral expansion on both sides of the foot in some gastropods, often used as a swimming organ.
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