HyperDic: plantigrade

English > 2 senses of the word plantigrade:
ADJECTIVEallplantigrade(of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do)
NOUNanimalplantigrade, plantigrade mammalan animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings
English > plantigrade: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaning(of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do).
Categorymammal, mammalianAny warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair
Oppositedigitigrade(of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do)
Spanishplantígrado
English > plantigrade: 2 senses > noun 1, animal
MeaningAn animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings.
Synonymplantigrade mammal
Broaderplacental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammalmammals having a placenta
Oppositedigitigrade mammal, digitigradeAn animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses
Spanishplantígrado
Catalanplantígrad

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