Definition of plantigrade Plantigrade
plan•ti•grade
We found 9 definitions of plantigrade from 5 different sources.
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What does plantigrade mean?
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| 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 milk | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- plantigrade (a.)
Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades. - plantigrade (a.)
Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright. - plantigrade (n.)
A plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole of the foot, as man, and the bears.
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plantigrade
Pertaining to mammals walking with the whole sole of the foot touching the ground. -
plantigrade
Mammal walking with the whole sole of the foot touching the ground.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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plantigrade
plant′i-grād, adj. that walks on the sole of the foot.—n. a plantigrade animal, as the bear.—adj. Plant′ar, pertaining to the sole of the foot. [L. planta, the sole, gradi, to walk.]
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