locomotion
/ˌloʊ.kəˈmoʊ.ʃən/ noun C2- The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
- Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming, brachiating or flying.
- A dance, originally popular in the 1960s, in which the arms are used to mimic the motion of the connecting rods of a steam locomotive.
Plural locomotions
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