plantigrade.
Of an animal: walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.
Meaning & usage
Of an animal: walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.
Where this word comes from
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”).
A plantigrade animal; an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.
Where this word comes from
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”).
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