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rectigrade

rectigrade adjective: walking straight forward.

Adjective

rectigrade (not comparable)

  1. Walking straight forward.

Origin of rectigrade

From recti- + -grade (“way of walking”).

Questions about rectigrade

What does rectigrade mean?
Rectigrade means walking straight forward.
What part of speech is rectigrade?
Rectigrade is an adjective.

Words near rectigrade in the dictionary

  1. rectiformers
  2. rectify
  3. rectifying
  4. rectigradation
  5. rectigradations
  6. rectigrade
  7. Rectigraph
  8. Rectigraphs
  9. rectilineal
  10. rectilineally
  11. rectilinear

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