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Plantigrade Common

Plantigrade has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

A plantigrade animal; an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.

Adjective
1

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

2

Of an animal: walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.

Related Terms
Antonyms
digitigrade
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
placental
Rhyming Words
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