PLANTIGRADE MAMMAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

plantigrade; plantigrade mammal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("plantigrade mammal" is a kind of...):

eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)

Antonym:

digitigrade mammal (an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses)

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