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locomotion Etymology Atlas

Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming, brachiating or flying., A dance, originally popular in the 1960s, in which the arms are used to mimic the motion of the connecting rods of a steam locomotive. Pro
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