[
UK
/plˈɑːntɪɡɹˌeɪd/
]
ADJECTIVE
- (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do)
NOUN
- an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings
How To Use plantigrade In A Sentence
- Sure enough, after the four plantigrade toes, he went for the dewclaw. Grouse Diary Entry
- The supposed stegosaurian track Deltapodus Whyte & Romano, 1994 (Middle Jurassic of England) is sauropod-like, elongate and plantigrade, but many blunt-toed, digitigrade, large ornithopod-like footprints (including pedal print cast associated with the manus of Stegopodus Lockley & Hunt, 1998) from the Upper Jurassic of Utah, better fit the stegosaurian foot pattern. Neoceratopsian publications for 2008
- The supposed stegosaurian track Deltapodus Whyte & Romano, 1994 (Middle Jurassic of England) is sauropod-like, elongate and plantigrade, but many blunt-toed, digitigrade, large ornithopod-like footprints (including pedal print cast associated with the manus of Stegopodus Lockley & Hunt, 1998) from the Upper Jurassic of Utah, better fit the stegosaurian foot pattern. Neoceratopsian publications for 2008
- The eyes are usually very small, the feet are plantigrade and have five digits, and neither the hallux or pollex is opposable.
- It is caused in part by prolonged hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) and results in dysfunction of one or both tibial nerves and a plantigrade stance (down on the hocks).
- A mammal – characterised by its large body with stocky legs, long snout and plantigrade paws – will, by preference, drop its faeces within a forested area. Don’t Worry World, Jeff Goldblum Isn’t Dead Yet
- Feet are plantigrade with five partially webbed toes.
- Sure enough, after the four plantigrade toes, he went for the dewclaw. Grouse Diary Entry
- Valentine and Estroltch - two males - are fascinating to watch because of their plantigrade feet, which means both heel and toe make contact with the ground, causing them to walk like humans.
- In the pentadactyl plantigrade foot of the early mammals, the first digit, being the shortest, was the first to leave the ground, to dwindle, and finally to disappear. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions
