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plantigrade

Adjective, Noun

plan=ti=grade

WORDNET DICTIONARY

plantigrade(n = noun.animal) plantigrade mammal - an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings; Array

is a kind of eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal

plantigrade(a = adj.all) Array - (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do); Array

plantigrade, a. [L. planta sole of the foot + gradi to walk: cf. F. plantigrade.].

Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades. [1913 Webster]

plantigrade, n.

A plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole of the foot, as man, and the bears. [1913 Webster]

plantigrade, adj. & n.
--adj. (of an animal) walking on the soles of its feet.
--n. a plantigrade animal, e.g. humans or bears (cf. DIGITIGRADE).

Etymology

F f. mod.L plantigradus f. L planta sole + -gradus -walking

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