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bicycle |
a lightweight vehicle with two wheels one behind the other, handlebars for steering, pedals for locomotion, and a small saddlelike seat. (See cycle.) [1/2 definitions] |
bipedalism |
the condition of having two feet or of using two feet for locomotion. |
cilium |
one of the microscopic hairlike structures on the surface of many cells, providing locomotion in single-celled animals and movement of fluid across the cells that line certain organs, such as the lungs or stomach, in complex animals. [1/3 definitions] |
eared seal |
any of a family of seals, including fur seals and sea lions, with powerful front flippers, and hind flippers that permit locomotion on land. |
flagellate |
possessing one or more whiplike appendages used for locomotion, as certain one-celled organisms. [2/4 definitions] |
flagellum |
a whiplike filament extending from certain simple cells, such as reproductive cells or single-celled animals, used mainly for locomotion. [1/3 definitions] |
locomotor |
having to do with locomotion. |
pseudopod |
a temporary protrusion of the protoplasm in certain one-celled organisms or in certain cells of some multicellular animals, used like a foot in locomotion or like a hand to grasp food. |
ride |
to be conveyed or borne by a vehicle or other means of locomotion. [1/16 definitions] |
tube foot |
any of numerous small fleshy tubes on the body surfaces of most echinoderms, such as starfish, used in locomotion, securing food, and the like. |
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