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moto-
irreg. repr. L. mōt- (as in motion, motive, motor), used in various combinations. a. Anat. as in moto-sensitive a., composed of motor and sensitive nerve-fibres; Biol. as in moto-plastic a., ? suffering change in the process of motion.
1835–6R. Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 551/1 The great moto-sensitive chords. Ibid., Those two large moto-sensitive columns, which evidently represent..the spinal cord of the Vertebrata. 1862H. J. Carter in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. iii. IX. 446 A mass of minute polymorphic cells (Amœbæ) which..soon separated from their globular aggregation, and crept away from each other under moto-plastic forms.
b. in various combinations for explanation of which see motor n. 5. moto-cross, cross-country motor-cycle racing.
1895Review of Rev. Nov. 395/2 The motocycle, as the horseless carriage is to be named in future, has come to stay. 1900Pall Mall G. 17 Apr. 9/2 The only lady moto⁓cyclist who has met with any success in road races with men. 1901Pall Mall Mag. Sept. 64/2 The moto-cyclette. 1951Motor Cycle Sport in Pictures 9 (caption) 1950 Moto-Cross victors. Left to right, B. W. Hall (B.S.A.), G. J. Draper (B.S.A.) and H. H. Lines (Ariel), three of the British team of 12 which won the Moto-Cross des Nations in Sweden. 1960Motor Cycling Sports Yearbk. 81 (heading) Scrambles and Moto-cross. Ibid., A dark cloud which has passed over the moto-cross world. 1968K. Bird Smash Glass Image vii. 85 His machine kicked over the ground as if he were taking part in moto-cross. |