erect posture

collocation in English

meaningsoferectandposture

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erect
adjective
uk
/ɪˈrekt/us
/ɪˈrekt/
in a position with your back and ...
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posture
noun
uk
/ˈpɒs.tʃər/us
/ˈpɑːs.tʃɚ/
the way in which someone usually holds their shoulders, neck, and back, or a particular position in which someone stands, ...
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(Definition oferectandposturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The two groups both carry heavy loads, but the timber dockers commonly lift and carry in theerectposture and the general dockers habitually stoop to lift.
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Footprints indicate that diadectids walked with anerectposture.
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The attraction for a proportionate body also influences an appeal forerectposture.
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Mammals and birds typically have a fullyerectposture, though each evolved it independently.
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Many of the traits today seen as unique to mammals had their origin within early therapsids, including anerectposture.
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Despite this, several lines of evidence including trackways and limb morphology suggest that diadectids moved in a moreerectposture.
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The dance involves the swaying of broad hips and the gentle movements oferectposturefrom side to side.
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Ground tyrants are fairly small (1320 cm in length) with longish legs, a slender bill and anerectposture.
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This is elaborated in the "araimandi" posture, wherein the performer assumes a half sitting position with the knees turned sideways, with a veryerectposture.
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First the ibex will have anerectposturewith its ears and head pointing in the direction of the potential predator.
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The resulting silhouette, with shoulders thrown back, veryerectpostureand a high, full bosom, is characteristic of this period and no other.
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Women's stays of the 18th century were laced behind and drew the shoulders back to form a high, round bosom anderectposture.
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Theirerectpostureenabled early dinosaurs to breathe easily while moving, which likely permitted stamina and activity levels that surpassed those of sprawling reptiles.
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The woman has anerectpostureechoed by the vertical slats of the bench, and the man, though leaning forward, does not break that vertical.
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Males mark their territories with dung piles and stand on them in anerectpostureready to fight any other male that tries to invade.
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In the later cynodonts, the presence of a secondary palate,erectpostureand other indicators of high metabolic rate suggests many mammalian features had evolved by this stage.
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While resembling erythrosuchids in size and some features of the skull and skeleton, they were more advanced in theirerectpostureand crocodile-like ankle, indicating more efficient gait.
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They will fly to a nearby tree where they will fall silent and adopt anerectpostureto inspect the intruder awaiting the opportunity to return to the ground.
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