Definition of plantigrade

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Plantigrade (a.) Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades.

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Plantigrada :: Plantigrada (n. pl.) A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species..
Digitigrade :: Digitigrade (a.) Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade.
Plantigrade :: Plantigrade (a.) Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades.
Bear :: Bear (n.) Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects..
Plantigrade :: Plantigrade (n.) A plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole of the foot, as man, and the bears..
Digitigrade :: Digitigrade (n.) An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.; -- distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the palm of the foot..
Plantigrade :: Plantigrade (a.) Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright.
Coryphodon :: Coryphodon (n.) A genus of extinct mammals from the eocene tertiary of Europe and America. Its species varied in size between the tapir and rhinoceros, and were allied to those animals, but had short, plantigrade, five-toed feet, like the elephant..
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