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locomotion

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  1. The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
  2. Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming or flying.
  3. (often preceded by definite article) A dance, originally popular in the 1960s, in which the arms are used to mimic the motion of the connecting rods of a steam locomotive.

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