gravigrade
English
Etymology
From Latin gravis (“heavy”) + gradus (“step”).
Adjective
gravigrade (comparative more gravigrade, superlative most gravigrade)
- (zoology, dated) slow-paced
Noun
gravigrade (plural gravigrades)
- (zoology, obsolete) A pachyderm, or member of the suborder Gravigrada.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gravigrade in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)