plantigrade
English
Etymology
From French plantigrade, from Latin planta (“sole of the foot”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”)) + gradus (“pace, step”) (from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- (“to go, to walk”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈplæntɪɡɹeɪd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈplæntəˌɡɹeɪd/, [ˈpleə̯ɾ̃əˌɡɹeɪ̯d]
- Hyphenation: plan‧ti‧grade
Adjective
plantigrade (not comparable)
- (zoology) Of an animal: walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.
Translations
walking with the entire sole of the foot
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Noun
plantigrade (plural plantigrades)
- (zoology) A plantigrade animal; an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.
Translations
animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot
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Coordinate terms
- digitigrade
- unguligrade
Further reading
- plantigrade locomotion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Adjective
plantigrade (plural plantigrades)
- plantigrade
Noun
plantigrade m (plural plantigrades)
- plantigrade
Further reading
- “plantigrade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Adjective
plantigrade
- feminine plural of plantigrado