plantigrade

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English

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Etymology

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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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Adjective

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plantigrade (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Of an animal: walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.

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Noun

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plantigrade (plural plantigrades)

  1. (zoology) A plantigrade animal; an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.

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French

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Adjective

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plantigrade (plural plantigrades)

  1. plantigrade

Noun

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plantigrade m (plural plantigrades)

  1. plantigrade

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Italian

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Adjective

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plantigrade

  1. feminine plural of plantigrado