grav|i|grade

grav|i|grade
grav|i|grade «GRAV uh grayd», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. walking with heavy steps.
2. of or having to do with a group of extinct edentate animals, including the megathere and the mylodon.
–n.
a gravigrade animal.
╂[< New Latin Gravigrada the group name < Latin gravis heavy + gradī to walk]

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