Big leap.The pendular pendular /pen·du·lar/ (pen´du-lar) having a pendulum-like movement. running gait described in "Stepping Lightly: New view of how human gaits conserve energy" (SN: 9/17/05,p. 182) as one of the most efficient bipedal bipedal adjective Capable of locomotion on 2 feet gaits looks remarkably like the way eyewitnesses claim Bigfoot creatures move. In a Bigfoot hoax, one might use a gait that is unhuman but energy efficient, as the costume would be rather heavy. On the other hand, since such a gait is energy efficient, perhaps an unknown species of massive primates might have evolved to use it. WAYNE HARRIS-WYRICK, OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm , OKLA OKLA Oklahoma (old style) . |
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