plantigrade
Of an animal: walking with the entire sole of the foot on the groundOf an animal: walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.
Translations
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Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Of an animal: walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.
стопоходя́щийstopoxodjáščij, плоскосто́пныйploskostópnyj
(of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do)
Origin
From French plantigrade, from Latin planta (“sole of the foot”) (from Proto-Indo-EuropeanFrom 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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