[syn: locomotive, locomotor]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Locomotive \Lo"co*mo`tive\, n.
   A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage,
   especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more
   steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus
   propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers,
   or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in
   Appendix.
   [1913 Webster]
   Consolidation locomotive, a locomotive having four pairs of
      connected drivers.
   Locomotive car, a locomotive and a car combined in one
      vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.]
   Locomotive engine. Same as Locomotive, above.
   Mogul locomotive. See Mogul.
      [1913 Webster] Locomotiveness
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Locomotive \Lo"co*mo`tive\, a. [Cf. F. locomotif. See
   Locomotion.]
   1. Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to
      change place; as, a locomotive animal.
      [1913 Webster]
   2. Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an
      animal.
      [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
locomotive
    adj 1: of or relating to locomotion [syn: locomotive,
           locomotor]
    n 1: a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine
         that is used to draw trains along railway tracks [syn:
         locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway
         locomotive]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "locomotive":
   aeromechanical, ambulant, ambulative, ambulatory, automechanical,
   automobile, automotive, biomechanical, circuit-riding,
   expeditionary, globe-girdling, globe-trotting, going, horseless,
   itinerant, itinerary, journeying, locomotor, mechanical,
   mechanistic, moving, mundivagant, on tour, passing, pedestrian,
   perambulating, perambulatory, peregrinative, peregrine,
   peripatetic, pilgrimlike, progressing, self-drive, self-moved,
   self-moving, self-propelled, strolling, touring, touristic,
   touristy, transportational, traveling, trekking, vehicular,
   walking, wayfaring, zoomechanical