plantigrade

Definition of Plantigrade in English :

1. plantigrade, plantigrade mammal

an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings

2. plantigrade

(of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Plantigrade

adjective

1.

walking with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground, as, for example, man and bears

noun

2.

a plantigrade animal

adjective

1.

walking on the whole sole, as a human or bear

noun

2.

a plantigrade animal

adj.

Walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground, as humans, bears, raccoons, and rabbits do.