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Meaning of "dorsigrade" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DORSIGRADE

From Latin, from dorsum back + -grade.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DORSIGRADE

dorsigrade  [ˈdɔːsɪˌɡreɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DORSIGRADE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dorsigrade is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DORSIGRADE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dorsigrade in the English dictionary

The definition of dorsigrade in the dictionary is walking on the backs of the toes.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DORSIGRADE


anterograde
ˈæntərəʊˌɡreɪd
centigrade
ˈsɛntɪˌɡreɪd
cirrigrade
ˈsɪrɪˌɡreɪd
citigrade
ˈsɪtɪˌɡreɪd
digitigrade
ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡreɪd
downgrade
ˈdaʊnˌɡreɪd
grade
ɡreɪd
laterigrade
ˈlætərɪˌɡreɪd
multigrade
ˈmʌltɪˌɡreɪd
orthograde
ˈɔːθəˌɡreɪd
paygrade
ˈpeɪˌɡreɪd
plantigrade
ˈplæntɪˌɡreɪd
posigrade
ˈpɒzɪˌɡreɪd
retrograde
ˈrɛtrəʊˌɡreɪd
saltigrade
ˈsæltɪˌɡreɪd
spinigrade
ˈspaɪnɪˌɡreɪd
subgrade
ˈsʌbˌɡreɪd
taligrade
ˈtælɪˌɡreɪd
tardigrade
ˈtɑːdɪˌɡreɪd
unguligrade
ˈʌŋɡjʊlɪˌɡreɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DORSIGRADE

dorse
dorser
Dorset
Dorset Down
Dorset Horn
Dorset Naga
dorsibranchiate
dorsiferous
dorsifixed
dorsiflex
dorsiflexion
dorsiventral
dorsiventrality
dorsiventrally
dorsolateral
dorsolumbar
dorsoventral
dorsoventrality
dorsoventrally
dorsum

WORDS THAT END LIKE DORSIGRADE

at grade
Belgrade
biodegrade
degrade
first grade
first-grade
fourth grade
H grade
high-grade
low-grade
make the grade
misgrade
on the downgrade
on the upgrade
parade
prograde
regrade
reserve-grade
sixth grade
twelfth-grade
weapons-grade

Synonyms and antonyms of dorsigrade in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dorsigrade» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

dorsigrade
1,325 millions of speakers

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dorsigrade
570 millions of speakers

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dorsigrade
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dorsigrade
380 millions of speakers
ar

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dorsigrade
280 millions of speakers

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dorsigrade
278 millions of speakers

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dorsigrade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dorsigrade
260 millions of speakers

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dorsigrade
220 millions of speakers

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Dorsigrade
190 millions of speakers

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dorsigrade
180 millions of speakers

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dorsigrade
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dorsigrade
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dorsigrade
85 millions of speakers
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dorsigrade
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dorsigrade
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Dorsigrade
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dorsigrade
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dorsigrade
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dorsigrade
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

dorsigrade
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dorsigrade
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

dorsigrade
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dorsigrade
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

dorsigrade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dorsigrade
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dorsigrade

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DORSIGRADE»

The term «dorsigrade» is used very little and occupies the 168.872 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DORSIGRADE»

Discover the use of dorsigrade in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dorsigrade and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bioscientific Terminology: Words from Latin and Greek Stems
grade, graduate, aggressive, progress, congress digitigrade — walking with only digits touching the ground dorsigrade — having back of digit on ground when walking orthograde — walking or standing in the upright position subplantigrade  ...
Donald M. Ayers, 1972
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Etyma, an Introduction to Vocabulary-building from Latin & Greek
dorsiduct 'carry towards the back' dorsifixed 'fastened by the back' dorsigrade ' walking on the backs of the toes' dorsimedian, dorsimesal In the middle line of the back' dorsispinal 'of the spinous processes of the vertebrae' dorsiferous ' bearing ...
C. A. E. Luschnig, 1982
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Comprehensive English-Hindi dictionary:
Dorsigrade, walking on the back of the toes Hi $t ^RfcTOf W'Rlf <fc ^TcR qicll I DorsiventraL, having distinct dorsal and ventral sides as most foliage leaves (Bot) fa*!*) 3fk R3?ft ^ ^t, ^mr, afft 3r^w I Dorsoventral, pertaining to the dorsal and ...
Bholānātha Tivārī, Amaranātha Kapūra, Viśvaprakāśa Gupta, 1998
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German Dictionary of Biology: German-English
Laufen Laufaktivität /cursorial activity Laufasymmetrie /walk asymmetry Laufbein n cursorial leg laufen to walk, to run Laufen n walking; cursorial gait • an das - angepaßt cursorial, gressorial laufend: -/auf den Fingerrücken dorsigrade -/auf den ...
Manfred Eichhorn, 1999
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Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
dorsi- a combining form meaning "dorsal" or "back." as in dorsiflexion. dorsiferous Botany, in ferns, bearing the sori on the back of the fronds, dorsiflex Zoology, capable of, or causing, flexing toward the back, dorsigrade Vertebrate Zoology, ...
Christopher G. Morris, 1992
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Zoological classification: a book of reference
Dolichocephalous. When the length of the head is more than its breadth. Dorsigrade. When a mammal walks on the back of its toes, as in certain armadillos. Dualistic theory holds that creation was definite and purposive. Duodenum. The first ...
Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe, 1880
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Videnskabelige meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk forening
GENERAL REMARKS CONCERNING THE BIOLOGY OF THE TWO SPECIES While older larvae of all the species are dorsigrade, Wheeler (1931, p. 219) in V. comstocki found that first stage larvae are both dorsi- and ventrigrade. I confirmed  ...
Dansk naturhistorisk forening, 1967
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Chambers English-Hindi Dictionary
... adjs. dorsigrade tfsfi % Ъг ^i% гпш, чт ^ vtofaííí чт =зг?г% «ггат; dorsiventral ч_ *5егт; y*5 aíd^bót; ...
Sureśa Avasthī, Indujā Avasthī, 1981
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Henderson's Dictionary of Biology
... a spinal nerve and a visceral sympathetic nerve. dorsal-ventral dorso-ventral q.v. dorsiferous a. bearing sori on back of leaf. dorsifixed n. having filament attached to back of anther. dorsigerous a. carrying young on back. dorsigrade a. having ...
Eleanor Lawrence, 2008
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Chandler's Encyclopedia: An Epitome of Universal Knowledge ...
Ethnologist, who has written much on the N. W. Indians. Dorsibraiichiata. Errantia , with branchia? on the para- podia. Dorsiferous, DORSIGEROUS. or DORSIPAROUS. Bearing young on the back, as certain Toads. Opossum, etc. Dorsigrade.
William Henry Chandler, 1898

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