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What is the noun for locomotors?

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locomotive
  1. (rail transport) The power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight itself, but pulls the coaches or rail cars or wagons.
  2. (rare) A traction engine
  3. (slang) A cheer characterized by a slow beginning and a progressive increase in speed
  4. (economics) A country which drives the world economy by having a high level of imports. (i.e. The United States).
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Guests and passengers were treated to a trip along the five-mile line pulled by the historic locomotive.”
locomotion
  1. The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
  2. (biology) Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming or flying.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “These life forms most likely have appendages for the purpose of locomotion.”
      “Can the central nervous system learn to change the timing of activation of muscles in order to generate proper locomotion?”
      “Some evidence indicates that the traction exerted during cell locomotion can concomitantly compact the surrounding network.”
loco
  1. certain species of Astragalus or Oxytropis, capable of causing locoism
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locomotor
  1. Something that is capable of locomotion
loco
  1. (rail transport, informal) a locomotive
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locomotions
  1. plural of locomotion
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Nanoscale design of snake skin for reptation locomotions via friction anisotropy.”
locomotives
  1. plural of locomotive
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It once totalled over 100 miles of trackage requiring about two dozen locomotives.”
      “Steam locomotives gave way to diesels, and cabooses were replaced by little boxes.”
      “At the meeting, it was stated that there would be a further inspection of the carriages, locomotives and railway tracks.”
locomotors
  1. plural of locomotor
locos
  1. plural of loco
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The new diesel locos and guards' brake vans will be provided with these features.”
      “It think this nostalgia was the inspiration for my Jubilee Garden design and because Ben had driven one of the locos in the museum.”
      “In the past, diesel locos and coaches, which formed services on the West of England line, had been maintained at several depots.”
locoes
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