locomote

English

Etymology

Back formation from locomotion.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ləʊkəˈməʊt/

Verb

locomote (third-person singular simple present locomotes, present participle locomoting, simple past and past participle locomoted)

1. (now chiefly biology) To move or travel (from one location to another).
   • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, published 2003, page 394:

     ‘Lucy and her kind did not locomote in anything like the modern human fashion,’ insists Tattersall.