gravigradeadj.n.

/ˈɡravɪɡreɪd/

Etymology: < modern Latin Gravigrada (see below), < gravis heavy + gradī to step, walk.

Zoology.

A. adj.

‘Walking heavily’; of or belonging to the extinct edentate group Gravigrada, which, includes the Megatherium and the Mylodon.

ΚΠ

1884 in Cassell

B. n.

A name formerly given to heavy-paced animals, such as the elephant; now, an animal of the group Gravigrada (see A.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by locomotion > [noun] > that walks > heavily

gravigrade1847

the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > family Bradypodidae (sloth) > extinct sloths

sloth1791

Megalonyx1796

gravigrade1847

ground sloth1860

1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Gravigrades, a name given by Blainville to Mammalia, comprising such heavy-paced animals as the elephant.

1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia III. 109 MM. Blainville and Duméril consider the dinotherium to have been allied to the lamantins, or ‘aquatic gravigrades’.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 31 July 3/2 He regards it as a living representative of the Gravigrades of Argentina, and has given it the name of Neo-Mylodon Listai.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	gravigrade
释义	gravigradeadj.n. /ˈɡravɪɡreɪd/ Etymology: < modern Latin Gravigrada (see below), < gravis heavy + gradī to step, walk. Zoology. A. adj. ‘Walking heavily’; of or belonging to the extinct edentate group Gravigrada, which, includes the Megatherium and the Mylodon. ΚΠ 1884 in Cassell B. n. A name formerly given to heavy-paced animals, such as the elephant; now, an animal of the group Gravigrada (see A.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by locomotion > [noun] > that walks > heavily gravigrade1847 the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > family Bradypodidae (sloth) > extinct sloths sloth1791 Megalonyx1796 gravigrade1847 ground sloth1860 1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Gravigrades, a name given by Blainville to Mammalia, comprising such heavy-paced animals as the elephant. 1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia III. 109 MM. Blainville and Duméril consider the dinotherium to have been allied to the lamantins, or ‘aquatic gravigrades’. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 31 July 3/2 He regards it as a living representative of the Gravigrades of Argentina, and has given it the name of Neo-Mylodon Listai. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.n.1847
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