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Plantigrade
Plantigrade Plan"ti*grade, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole
of the foot, as man, and the bears.
Plantigrade
Plantigrade Plan"ti*grade, a. [L. planta sole of the foot +
gradi to walk: cf. F. plantigrade.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the
plantigrades.
(b) Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the
ground when the leg is upright.
Meaning of Plantigrade from wikipedia
- In
terrestrial animals,
plantigrade locomotion means walking with the toes and
metatarsals flat on the ground. It is one of
three forms of locomotion...
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knees are
actually ankles), cats, dogs, and many
other mammals, but not
plantigrades (such as humans) or
unguligrades (such as horses).
Digitigrades generally...
- some
foxes have
retractile or semi-retractile claws) and tend to be
plantigrade (with the
exception of the Canidae).
Other traits that
separate the Caniformia...
- was
first shown in
Paris on the
Exposition Universelle (1878) as "The
Plantigrade Machine". The
Chebyshev Lambda Linkage is a
cognate linkage of the Chebyshev...
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animals that walk on the
soles of
their feet, are
described as
being plantigrade;
unguligrade animals are
those that walk on
hooves at the tips of their...
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bodies with
stocky legs, long snouts,
small rounded ears,
shaggy hair,
plantigrade paws with five
nonretractile claws, and
short tails.
While the polar...
- that
these dinosaurs must have
walked with a
plantigrade (or "flat-footed") foot posture. Both
plantigrade and
regular tracks that only
consist of digit...
- step over obstacles. An
early design for a leg
mechanism called the
Plantigrade Machine by
Pafnuty Chebyshev was
shown at the
Exposition Universelle...
- hoof.
Depending on
style of locomotion,
animals can be
classified as
plantigrade (sole walking),
digitigrade (toe walking), or
unguligrade (nail walking)...
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class Anatomy Comparative foot
morphology Arthropod leg
Digitigrade Plantigrade Unguligrade Uniped Biped (Facultative)
Triped Quadruped Specific Canine...
