graviportality

English

Etymology

graviportal +‎ -ity

Noun

graviportality (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being graviportal.
    • 2016 February 4, “Osteopathology in Rhinocerotidae from 50 Million Years to the Present”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0146221:
      Other available proxies (femur length and humerus width) produced unreasonable mass estimates for one or more of the included taxa, likely as a result of the changing degree of graviportality through the history of the rhino lineage.
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