locomotor, n. and a.
(ˈləʊkəməʊtə(r))
[f. L. locō (see locomotive) + mōtor, agent-n. f. movēre to move: see motor. Cf. F. locomoteur, whence the adjective use B. is adopted.]
A. n. One who or something which has locomotive power.
| 1822 Lamb Elia Ser. i. Dist. Corresp., They [kangaroos] would show as fair a pair of hind-shifters as the expertest loco-motor in the colony. 1869 Daily News 2 June, There are several improved specimens of the new locomotor on view. 1883 B. W. Richardson in Longm. Mag. Oct. 594 [Cycling] Everyone his own locomotor against time. 18.. Elect. Rev. XXIV. 270 (Cent.) Electric locomotors. |
B. adj. (Chiefly Phys.) Of, pertaining to, or concerned with locomotion. locomotor ataxy: see ataxy 2.
| 1870 Rolleston Anim. Life 48 Soleshaped locomotor disc known as the ‘foot’. 1877 Morley Crit. Misc. Ser. ii. 351 To explore our spinal cords and to observe the locomotor system of Medusæ. 1880 Bastian Brain 70 Animals..devoid of..locomotor appendages. 1881 Nature XXIII. 280 The peculiar metamorphosis enables the larva to remain..adapted to a locomotor life. |