Sentence examples for method of locomotion from inspiring English sources

Sidewinders are noted for their unique method of locomotion, which leaves a characteristic j-shaped trail.

The primitive opposable anthropoid thumb is reduced as a specialization for this method of locomotion.

The environment almost always provides sufficient resistance to make movement possible, and many snake species never use any other method of locomotion.

Although the furcula provides a jumping apparatus for the collembolan, enabling it to catapult itself (hence the common name springtail), the usual method of locomotion is crawling.

As in all Assassin's Creed games, your preferred method of locomotion is a fanciful and sleek version of parkour, meaning that you can flit from rooftop to rooftop, run along clotheslines and generally scale any tall building, if not with a single bound, then at least with grace and some nimble fingering with the controls by you, the player.

Apple's method of locomotion — which he accomplishes in short, almost dainty steps — has some resemblance to a man carefully steering a large stomach down a narrow path that is being cleared at that very moment by native bearers; it is easily mistaken for a swagger.

The snake has overcome the handicap of absence of limbs by developing several different methods of locomotion, some of which are seen in other limbless animals, others being unique.

The nauplius of the peneid prawns is followed by a sequence of larval forms characterized by their methods of locomotion: the advanced nauplius still swims with its antennae, the protozoea also uses its antennae but has developed a small carapace and some thoracic limbs, the zoea uses its thoracic limbs for swimming, and the postlarval stages use the abdominal appendages.

The nervous system becomes adapted for hearing and stereoscopic vision, and for new methods of locomotion and feeding.

Rodent species use a wide variety of methods of locomotion including quadrupedal walking, running, burrowing and climbing, bipedal hopping (kangaroo rat and hopping mouse), swimming and even gliding.

The protozoa are subdivided into four phyla depending on their methods of locomotion.