plan·ti·grade (pl n t -gr d )adj. Walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground, as humans, bears, raccoons, and rabbits do. n. A plantigrade animal. [French : Latin planta, sole of the foot; see plat- in Indo-European roots + Latin -gradus, going (from grad  , to walk, go; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots).] |
plantigrade [ˈplæntɪˌgreɪd]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) walking with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground, as, for example, man and bears
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a plantigrade animal
[via French from New Latin plantigradus, from Latin planta sole of the foot + gradus a step]
| plantigrade (plnt-grd) Walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground, as humans, bears, raccoons, and rabbits. |
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| Noun | 1. | plantigrade - an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials |
| Adj. | 1. | plantigrade - (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do) mammal, mammalian - any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk digitigrade - (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do) |
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