Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Walking with heavy steps; specifically, of or pertaining to the Gravigrada.
  • noun An animal that walks heavily; specifically, one of the Gravigrada.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Slow-paced.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective zoology slow-paced
  • noun zoology A pachyderm.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Latin gravis heavy + gradus step.

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