gravigrade
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin gravis (“heavy”) + -grade (“way of walking”).
Adjective
editgravigrade (comparative more gravigrade, superlative most gravigrade)
Noun
editgravigrade (plural gravigrades)
- (zoology, obsolete) An elephant or manatee, or member of the obsolete suborder Gravigrada.
References
edit- “gravigrade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.