Definition of laterigrade
: running sidewise or characterized by such running
- laterigrade locomotion
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Origin and Etymology of laterigrade
International Scientific Vocabulary lateri- + -grade
Definition of laterigrade
plural -s
: a laterigrade animal (as a crab spider of the family Thomisidae)
First Known Use of laterigrade
1830
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