Definition of Plantegrade
Plan"ti*grade (?), a. [L. planta
sole of the foot + gradi to walk: cf. F. plantigrade.]
(Zoöl.) (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.
Plan"ti*grade, n. (Zoöl.)
A plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole of
the foot, as man, and the bears.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (of an animal) walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground
- a plantigrade animal
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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