plantigrade

English

Etymology

From French plantigrade, from Latin planta (“sole of the foot”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”)) + gradus (“pace, step”) (from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- (“to go, to walk”)).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈplæntɪɡɹeɪd/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈplæntəˌɡɹeɪd/, [ˈpleə̯ɾ̃əˌɡɹeɪ̯d]
Hyphenation: plan‧ti‧grade

Adjective

plantigrade (not comparable)

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

Translations

walking with the entire sole of the foot

Bulgarian: който ходи на цяло стъпало (kojto hodi na cjalo stǎpalo), плоскостъпен (ploskostǎpen)
Hungarian: talponjáró
Ido: plantigrada (io)
Irish: bonnsiúlach

Italian: plantigrado (it) m
Japanese: 蹠行の (しょこうの, shokō no)
Russian: стопоходя́щий (ru) (stopoxodjáščij), плоскосто́пный (ploskostópnyj)
Spanish: plantígrado (es)

Noun

plantigrade (plural plantigrades)

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

Translations

animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot

Finnish: kanta-astuja
French: plantigrade (fr)
German: Fersengänger m, Sohlengänger (de) m
Hungarian: talponjáró
Ido: plantigrado (io)

Italian: plantigrado (it) m
Japanese: 蹠行動物 (しょこうどうぶつ, shokō dōbutsu)
Spanish: plantígrado (es) m
Swedish: hälgångare c

Coordinate terms

Further reading

plantigrade locomotion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Adjective

plantigrade

feminine plural of plantigrado

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