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spinigrade

spinigrade adjective: moving by means of spines.

Adjective

spinigrade (not comparable)

  1. Moving by means of spines.
    • a spinigrade echinoderm

Origin of spinigrade

From Latin spina (“thorn”) + -grade (“means of locomotion”).

Questions about spinigrade

What does spinigrade mean?
Spinigrade means moving by means of spines.
What part of speech is spinigrade?
Spinigrade is an adjective.

Words near spinigrade in the dictionary

  1. spinifexbird
  2. spinifexbirds
  3. spinifexes
  4. spiniform
  5. spinigerous
  6. spinigrade
  7. spiniken
  8. spinikens
  9. spinily
  10. spininess
  11. spininesses

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