plantigrade

Meanings

Adjective

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

Noun

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

Origin

• From French plantigrade, from Latin planta ("sole of the foot") (from Proto-Indo-European, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ("flat")) + gradus (from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- ("to go, to [[walk#Verb")).