1.
[syn: plantigrade mammal, plantigrade]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plantigrade \Plan"ti*grade\, a. [L. planta sole of the foot +
gradi to walk: cf. F. plantigrade.] (Zool.)
(a) Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the
plantigrades.
(b) Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the
ground when the leg is upright.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plantigrade \Plan"ti*grade\, n. (Zool.)
A plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole
of the foot, as man, and the bears.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
plantigrade
adj 1: (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as
rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do) [ant:
digitigrade]
n 1: an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings [syn:
plantigrade mammal, plantigrade] [ant: digitigrade,
digitigrade mammal]