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plantigrade
plan·ti·grade P0353100 (plăn′tĭ-grād′)adj. Walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground, as humans, bears, raccoons, and rabbits do.
[French : Latin planta, sole of the foot; see plat- in Indo-European roots + Latin -gradus, going (from gradī, to walk, go; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots).]
plan′ti·grade′ n.plantigrade (ˈplæntɪˌɡreɪd) adj (Zoology) walking with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground, as, for example, man and bearsn (Zoology) a plantigrade animal[C19: via French from New Latin plantigradus, from Latin planta sole of the foot + gradus a step]plan•ti•grade (ˈplæn tɪˌgreɪd)
adj. 1. walking on the entire sole of the foot, as humans and bears. n. 2. a plantigrade animal. [1825–35; < New Latin plantigradus= Latin plant(a) sole + -i- -i- + -gradus -grade] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | plantigrade - an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beingsplantigrade mammaleutherian, 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 milkdigitigrade - (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do) |
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plantigrade
plantigrade1. walking with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground, as, for example, man and bears 2. a plantigrade animal plantigrade[′plan·tə‚grād] (vertebrate zoology) Pertaining to walking with the whole sole of the foot touching the ground. plantigrade
plantigrade [plan´tĭ-grād] walking or running flat on the full sole of the foot; characteristic of humans and of such quadrupeds as the bear.plan·ti·grade (plan'ti-grād), Walking with the entire sole and heel of the foot on the ground, as do humans and bears. [L. planta, sole, + gradior, to walk] plantigrade (plăn′tĭ-grād′)adj. Walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground, as humans, bears, raccoons, and rabbits do.
plan′ti·grade′ n.plantigrade adjective Referring to movement by a terrestrial vertebrate (e.g., humans, rodents, rabbits and kangaroos) in which the entire foot—podials and metatarsals—maintains contact with flat surfaces when ambulating.plan·ti·grade (plan'ti-grād) Walking with the entire sole and heel of the foot on the ground, as humans and bears do. [L. planta, sole, + gradior, to walk]plantigrade walking on the entire sole of the foot, as in humans and bears.plantigrade
Synonyms for plantigradenoun an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as eSynonymsRelated Words- eutherian
- eutherian mammal
- placental
- placental mammal
adj (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do)Related WordsAntonyms |