gravigrade

== English == === Etymology === From Latin gravis (“heavy”) + -grade (“way of walking”). === Adjective === gravigrade (comparative more gravigrade, superlative most gravigrade) (zoology, dated) slow-paced === Noun === gravigrade (plural gravigrades) (zoology, obsolete) An elephant or manatee, or member of the obsolete suborder Gravigrada. === References === “gravigrade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.