💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Gravigrade"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| spinigrade | (zoology) Moving by means of spines. |
| graviportal | (biology) Of an animal, physically adapted only for moving slowly over land, due to a high body weight. |
| pronogradenoun | (zoology) Walking with the length of the body parallel to the ground. |
| laterigrade | (zoology, of legs) Having a mode of locomotion involving sideways movement. |
| mediportal | (biology) Of an animal, physically adapted to spend a substantial amount of time moving slowly over land, usually with a heavy body weight, but also having some characteristics conducive to quick movements when needed. |
| saltigradenoun | (zoology) Having feet or legs formed for leaping. |
| unguligrade | (zoology) That walks on hooves. |
| ambulatorial | (zoology) ambulatory; adapted for walking; gressorial |
| gracilenoun | (also figuratively) Lean, slender, thin. |
| gressorial | (zoology) Adapted for walking, rather than being adapted for say, swimming, as in seals, or digging, as in moles; ambulatorial. |
| macrural | (zoology, obsolete) Macrurous. |
| plantigradenoun | (zoology) A plantigrade animal; an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot on the ground. |
| brevigline | (zoology) Having relatively short legs |
| macrurousnoun | (zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to an obsolete subdivision of crustaceans, Macrura, having long tails. |
| digitigrade | (zoology) Of an animal: walking on the toes, putting the weight of the body mainly on the ball of the foot, with the back of the foot, or heel, raised. |
| subunguligrade | (zoology) Intermediate between unguligrade and digitigrade |
| reptantnoun | (chiefly botany, zoology) Creeping along the ground. |
| testudineous | Characteristic of a tortoise, or the shell of a tortoise. |
| strigated | (zoology) Strigate. |
| zoicnoun | Having the form of an animal; animal-like, zoomorphic. |
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