plantigrade

Noun

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

Adjective

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

Adj

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

Origin / Etymology

From 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”).

Synonyms

plantigrade mammal

Antonyms

digitigrade, digitigrade mammal

Scrabble Score: 15

plantigrade: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
plantigrade: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
plantigrade: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

plantigrade: valid Words With Friends Word