ADJECTIVE | all | plantigrade | (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do) |
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NOUN | animal | plantigrade, plantigrade mammal | an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings |
Meaning | (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do). | |
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Category | mammal, mammalian | Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair |
Opposite | digitigrade | (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do) |
Spanish | plantígrado |
Meaning | An animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings. | |
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Synonym | plantigrade mammal | |
Broader | placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal | mammals having a placenta |
Opposite | digitigrade mammal, digitigrade | An animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses |
Spanish | plantígrado | |
Catalan | plantígrad |
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