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the act or power of moving from place to place
studying the locomotion of spiders Walking is one form of locomotion.
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These were likely used for locomotion and for sifting through ocean sediment for smaller food items, much like many of today’s crustaceans.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
The team did look to living creatures for inspiration, studying dog and cat locomotion.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Dec. 2024
Studies on bird locomotion, for instance, have also revealed similarities with theropod dinosaurs.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Eventually this will turn into your baby figuring out how to coordinate their hands and feet toward forward locomotion—and boom!
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 2 Dec. 2024
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
The team did look to living creatures for inspiration, studying dog and cat locomotion.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Dec. 2024
Studies on bird locomotion, for instance, have also revealed similarities with theropod dinosaurs.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Eventually this will turn into your baby figuring out how to coordinate their hands and feet toward forward locomotion—and boom!
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Locomotion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locomotion. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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