NOUN | animal | plantigrade mammal, plantigrade | 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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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 | |
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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