Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Walking on the soles of the feet; plantigrade.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as some mammals.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Putting the whole
foot upon theground inwalking , as somemammals do.
Etymologies
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Latin palma palm of the hand + gradi to walk.
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