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dorsigrade

Meaning of "dorsigrade" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DORSIGRADE

From Latin, from dorsum back + -grade.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DORSIGRADE

ˈdɔːsɪˌɡreɪd


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 · centigrade · cirrigrade · citigrade · digitigrade · downgrade · grade · laterigrade · multigrade · orthograde · paygrade · plantigrade · posigrade · retrograde · saltigrade · spinigrade · subgrade · taligrade · tardigrade · unguligrade

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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dorsigrade
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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
REFERENCE
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