Nonlocomotory

Quick meaning: Nonlocomotory is an adjective meaning Not locomotory.

Meaning

Not locomotory.

Example Sentences

Locomotory and nonlocomotory muscles of four harbor seals (mass = 17.5-41 kg) were glutaraldehyde-perfusion fixed and samples processed for electron microscopy and analyzed by morphometry.

Nonlocomotory single-celled photosynthesizers do exist, such as diatoms: they rely on turbulence (sometimes coupled with the manufacture of low-density oils) to reverse their inevitable tendency to sink to the bottom.

As, however, the shape of holothurians compels them to lie upon one side (unless supported in burrows), it is not surprising that the locomotory podia are generally restricted to the functional ventral surface and are wanting dorsally or altered into nonlocomotory papillae.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nonlocomotive, unlocomotive, noncursorial, nonmotorized, unpropulsive, nonmobile.

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