Graviportal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Graviportal is an adjective meaning (biology) Of an animal, physically adapted only for moving slowly over land, due to a high body weight.
Meaning
(biology) Of an animal, physically adapted only for moving slowly over land, due to a high body weight.
Example Sentences
The giant tortoises are graviportal.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mediportal, gravigrade, spinigrade, gressorial, gracile, laterigrade.
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