Definitionadj. (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot
Last update: July 2, 2015
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The short feet of the penguins are quite plantigrade, in adaptation to which habit the metatarsals lie in one plane and are incompletely co-ossified, thus presenting a pseudo-primitive condition. [Please select]
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The Carnivora, with the exception of the Plantigrade division, generally breed (though with capricious exceptions) almost as freely as ruminants. [Please select]
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Two other plantigrade genera, Procyon and Gulo, though often kept tame in Paraguay, never breed there. [Please select]
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Plantigrade: species that walk on the entire foot, not on the claws alone. [Please select]
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Thus, the bear (plantigrade) has five digits, and the power of performing the movements of supination and pronation. [Please select]
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Very few animals do this, and those that do are said to be plantigrade. [Please select]
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The Carnivora, with the exception of the Plantigrade division, breed (though with capricious exceptions) about half as freely as ruminants. [Please select]
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The Plantigrade Carnivora breed under confinement much less freely than other Carnivora, although no reason can be assigned for this fact. [Please select]
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His hind-feet are plantigrade, that is, they rest upon the ground from heel to toe; and his back curves like the segment of a circle. [Please select]
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In each jaw on each side three incisors, one canine (those in the upper jaw double-fanged) and seven premolars and molars; feet five-toed, plantigrade, armed with strong claws. [Please select]
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