Origin: Latin suffix -ive
Locomotive has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:
a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
"The old steam locomotive chugged down the track, pulling several freight cars behind it."
The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons.
"The old steam locomotive roared to life, pulling the heavy freight cars out of the station and onto the tracks."
of or relating to locomotion
"The biomechanics study focused on how a locomotive gait allows quadrupeds to conserve energy while running at high speeds."
of or relating to locomotion
"The study of comparative anatomy revealed that many skeletal features were shared by organisms regardless of whether they possessed a locomotile lifestyle or remained sessile."