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limb·less [ˈlɪmləs] ADJ inv

limbless

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In the past, some have speculated that this evolution was due to a lower energetic cost associated with limbless locomotion.
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Limbless organisms moving on land must often contend with surface friction, but do not usually need to expend significant energy to counteract gravity.
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The 1962 disaster involved more than 10,000 children in 46 countries being born limbless and disabled.
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Snakes and limbless lizards typically possess only the right lung as a major respiratory organ; the left lung is greatly reduced, or even absent.
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He was born malformed, limbless and without facial features or internal organs.
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Each seems to have only one arm, with bolts of energy linking them on their limbless sides like a diode.
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These are long, cylindrical, limbless animals with a snake- or worm-like form.
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Many species are limbless, while others have fully formed limbs.
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Limbless animals can also move using pedal locomotary waves, rippling the underside of the body.
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The pygopoidids and geckos share a number of characteristics; the two families may actually be one, and pygopoidids may actually be limbless geckos.
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