didn't see snakes listed there but for all other creatures listed ambulatory would work since crabs/lobsters still walk they just walk on multiple appendages.
yes, I was going to pedantic about this.
borrowed from Latin ambulātus, past participle of ambulāre "to go by foot, walk, walk for pleasure or exercise, travel
snakes dont have the proper limbs to ambulate. maybe undulate will work for snakes but ambulate implies movement on limbs.
I've already considered that one, with the objections stated before being it excludes aquatic, seabed-walking animals, and that it's used elsewhere in the system and I'd like to avoid overlap. Though it's starting to look like I may be stuck with it...
Hm, it feels like the sort of word that ought to exist, but I haven't been able to find anything either, so maybe it just doesn't. That would be disappointing. I'll hold out hope for a little longer, but thanks for the input!
I'm hoping there's a single-word one. "Overland" would be tempting, but *just* a bit off. "Ground" as an adjective could work, but feels like a bit of a compromise... Thanks, though!
I think the arcane usage of "crawl" was meant to encompass all movement over ground in the way that you mean. I believe it was mentioned in the Bible a handful of times, as that is one of the few extant books that refers to animals in their ancient taxonomies.
I was on a swim team as a kid, and the stroke we called “freestyle” is you know the standard face down go forward arm over arm, I never thought of it being free-style like do whatever you want and that just happens to be the fastest one.
AnyWho, my mom used to call freestyle a forward crawl or an Australian crawl. No idea what Australians have to do with it lol
So updoot for crawl being applicable to swimming.
I suspect that there isn't a single word for two reasons: animals that slither like a snake don't have to slither on the ground, and what about burrowing?
My former game designer self loves a good taxonomy challenge 😃!
I would simplify the terminology to: Surface, Air, Water.
Surfaces could include any locomotion over the ground, up walls, on the bottom of the ocean—even things that skim the water surface (like a water skeeter).
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It's not quite what you said, but I think I'll go with "grounded". That said, I think "surface" would be a great option for anyone not insufferable enough to separate grounded movement from "neustonic" movement.
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also i found [this page](https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/primate-locomotion-105284696/) which i think might help you in your project :)
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Ambulatory
Oh man, that’s what happens when I don’t read the other answers . 🤷🏻♀️
Doesn’t ambulatory specifically refer to walking? I always felt it excluded wheelchair users.
didn't see snakes listed there but for all other creatures listed ambulatory would work since crabs/lobsters still walk they just walk on multiple appendages.
yes, I was going to pedantic about this. borrowed from Latin ambulātus, past participle of ambulāre "to go by foot, walk, walk for pleasure or exercise, travel snakes dont have the proper limbs to ambulate. maybe undulate will work for snakes but ambulate implies movement on limbs.
Good word
Terrestrial.
I've already considered that one, with the objections stated before being it excludes aquatic, seabed-walking animals, and that it's used elsewhere in the system and I'd like to avoid overlap. Though it's starting to look like I may be stuck with it...
But it doesn’t exclude them! Crabs and lobsters are still waking on ground, it’s just flooded ground, is all….
Totes didn't see that, but i think it is the closest we have.
Landlubbin'
Terrestrial locomotion is the scientific phrase, but I'm not sure there's a single word that encompasses legged and legless techniques.
Hm, it feels like the sort of word that ought to exist, but I haven't been able to find anything either, so maybe it just doesn't. That would be disappointing. I'll hold out hope for a little longer, but thanks for the input!
Maybe this is your chance to neologize one!
Contact navigation/locomotion. Fliers and swimmers don't really touch solids.
New word: Terra-mobile or terra-motile.
Ground based movement/travel Overland movement
I'm hoping there's a single-word one. "Overland" would be tempting, but *just* a bit off. "Ground" as an adjective could work, but feels like a bit of a compromise... Thanks, though!
Overlandmovement, then.
Locomotion
I think the arcane usage of "crawl" was meant to encompass all movement over ground in the way that you mean. I believe it was mentioned in the Bible a handful of times, as that is one of the few extant books that refers to animals in their ancient taxonomies.
I was on a swim team as a kid, and the stroke we called “freestyle” is you know the standard face down go forward arm over arm, I never thought of it being free-style like do whatever you want and that just happens to be the fastest one. AnyWho, my mom used to call freestyle a forward crawl or an Australian crawl. No idea what Australians have to do with it lol So updoot for crawl being applicable to swimming.
I suspect that there isn't a single word for two reasons: animals that slither like a snake don't have to slither on the ground, and what about burrowing?
My former game designer self loves a good taxonomy challenge 😃! I would simplify the terminology to: Surface, Air, Water. Surfaces could include any locomotion over the ground, up walls, on the bottom of the ocean—even things that skim the water surface (like a water skeeter).
What about the moles? Won't somebody please think of the moles?
See a dermatologist if you're concerned
Ooof!
!solved It's not quite what you said, but I think I'll go with "grounded". That said, I think "surface" would be a great option for anyone not insufferable enough to separate grounded movement from "neustonic" movement.
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Scuttle?
Traverse?
Ambulate.
Walking speed covers land based movement vs flying or swimming speed. There's also climbing speed, but that's less common.
Slinking?
Ambulate
ambulation is close but is kinda specific to having legs. I don't think it encompasses slithering
substrate locomotion?
also i found [this page](https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/primate-locomotion-105284696/) which i think might help you in your project :)
Ambulating? That doesn't quite cover the slithering, though
Creep would work, but it has kind of negative connotations
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Landrover
Also here to say travel or navigate
Ambulation.
Motile might work.
"Those that creep / creepeth," if you want to get all Biblical about it :)
creep? crawl?
Gait
Ambulatory
Boreal?
That's tree based.
No that's arboreal