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PLANTIGRADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plantigrade mean? 

PLANTIGRADE (noun)
  The noun PLANTIGRADE has 1 sense:

1. an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beingsplay

  Familiarity information: PLANTIGRADE used as a noun is very rare.


PLANTIGRADE (adjective)
  The adjective PLANTIGRADE has 1 sense:

1. (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do)play

  Familiarity information: PLANTIGRADE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLANTIGRADE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

plantigrade; plantigrade mammal

Hypernyms ("plantigrade" is a kind of...):

eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)


PLANTIGRADE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do)

Domain category:

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)

Antonym:

digitigrade ((of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do))


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