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PLANTIGRADE MAMMAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plantigrade mammal mean? 

PLANTIGRADE MAMMAL (noun)
  The noun PLANTIGRADE MAMMAL has 1 sense:

1. an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beingsplay

  Familiarity information: PLANTIGRADE MAMMAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLANTIGRADE MAMMAL (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

plantigrade; plantigrade mammal

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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