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nonlocomotory

nonlocomotory adjective: not locomotory.

Adjective

nonlocomotory (not comparable)

  1. Not locomotory.
    • As, however, the shape of holothurians compels them to lie upon one side (unless supported in burrows), it is not surprising that the locomotory podia are generally restricted to the functional ventral surface and are wanting dorsally or altered into nonlocomotory papillae.1940, Libbie Hyman, The Invertebrates: Echinodermata, the coelomate Bilateria, page 126
    • Locomotory and nonlocomotory muscles of four harbor seals (mass = 17.5-41 kg) were glutaraldehyde-perfusion fixed and samples processed for electron microscopy and analyzed by morphometry.2001 May, Journal of Applied Physiology, volume 90, number 5

Origin of nonlocomotory

From non- + locomotory.

Questions about nonlocomotory

What does nonlocomotory mean?
Nonlocomotory means not locomotory.
What part of speech is nonlocomotory?
Nonlocomotory is an adjective.

Words near nonlocomotory in the dictionary

  1. nonlocative
  2. nonlockable
  3. nonlocked
  4. nonlocking
  5. nonlocomotive
  6. nonlocomotory
  7. nonlodging
  8. nonloessic
  9. nonlogarithmic
  10. nonlogarithmically
  11. nonlogic

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