# rectilinear locomotion

> a mode of locomotion most often associated with snakes, using unidirectional traveling waves of muscular contraction

**Wikidata**: [Q7303184](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7303184)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rectilinear_locomotion)  
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