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technical the act or power of moving from place to place
  • studying the locomotion of spiders
  • Walking is one form of locomotion.

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The first known use of locomotion was in 1646

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“Locomotion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locomotion. Accessed 26 Oct. 2021.

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