means of locomotion

collocation in English

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mean
noun[S]
uk
/miːn/us
/miːn/
mathematicsspecialized
the result you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number ...
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locomotion
noun[U]
uk
/ˌləʊ.kəˈməʊ.ʃən/us
/ˌloʊ.kəˈmoʊ.ʃən/
the ability ...
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(Definition ofmeanandlocomotionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmeans of locomotion

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Consider for example defaults concerning primary means of locomotion: "animals normally walk", "birds normally fly", "penguins normally swim".
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After all it has no appendages or other visible means of locomotion.
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Using again the seafaring metaphor, we wouldn't buy a boat equipped with detailed maps but no means of locomotion.
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He pointed out that modern science, means of locomotion, modern education, and the spread of knowledge have broken the bounds of locality.
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The pectoral fins attach just behind and below the gill openings and are the primary means of locomotion, providing a slow, graceful appearance.
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It uses its multiple pectoral fins as a means of locomotion across the sea bed.
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These are motorcycles, horses and carts the most common means of locomotion flowing through the dirt roads.
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As a main means of locomotion, this is usually found in bipeds or semi-bipeds.
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This ancestral means of locomotion draws the attention of visitors who buy many of them.
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Flight is the primary means of locomotion for most bird species and is used for breeding, feeding, and predator avoidance and escape.
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However, its body is so highly adapted to an arboreal existence that on the ground its only means of locomotion is hopping.
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Crawling is the primary means of locomotion, and some species bore into the seabed, the ground or timber structures.
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The endoskeleton gives shape, support and protection to the body and provides a means of locomotion.
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As they evolved from lunged fish, amphibians had to make certain adaptations for living on land including the need to develop new means of locomotion.
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The monuran is a wingless jumping insect; thus the means of locomotion is jumping, then walking.
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The pectoral fins attach just behind and below the gill openings, and are the primary means of locomotion, providing a slow, graceful appearance.
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Animals had to develop new means of locomotion to traverse distances between waterholes.
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There are four ways and means of locomotion: feet, boat, magic carpet, and skystone.
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Jet propulsion is their fastest means of locomotion, followed by swimming and walking.
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This discussion between us lasted for a while, and we were thinking how we could find a means of locomotion.
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