English Explanatory Dictionary

gravigrade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. slow-paced
noun
  1. An elephant or manatee, or member of the obsolete suborder Gravigrada.

Word forms

gravigrade more gravigrade most gravigrade gravigrades

Etymology

From Latin gravis (“heavy”) + -grade (“way of walking”).

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