plantigrade

noun

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

adjective

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

Roots

plantaplanti- · Latin · sole of the foot gradigrade- · Latin · to walk, step

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