knucklewalk
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]knucklewalk (third-person singular simple present knucklewalks, present participle knucklewalking, simple past and past participle knucklewalked)
- To walk quadrupedally with the forelimbs holding the fingers in a partially flexed posture that allows body weight to press down on the ground through the knuckles.
- Chimpanzees and gorillas knucklewalk.