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plantigrade
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English
Etymology
From French plantigrade, from Latin planta (“sole of the foot”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”)) + -grade, from Latin gradus (“pace, step”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈplæntɪɡɹeɪd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈplæntəˌɡɹeɪd/, [ˈpleə̯ɾ̃əˌɡɹeɪ̯d]
- Hyphenation: plan‧ti‧grade
Adjective
plantigrade (not comparable)
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
Further reading
plantigrade locomotion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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French
Adjective
plantigrade (plural plantigrades)
Noun
plantigrade m (plural plantigrades)
Further reading
- “plantigrade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Adjective
plantigrade
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