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Definition of Plantigrade mammal
1. Noun. An animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings.
Generic synonyms: Eutherian, Eutherian Mammal, Placental, Placental Mammal
Antonyms: Digitigrade Mammal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plantigrade Mammal
Literary usage of Plantigrade mammal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contemporary Review (1893)
"In a plantigrade mammal the aes chiefly bear the reaction of the leap, though
the a share. In a digitigrade mammal, however, the toes exclusively the ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"In a plantigrade mammal the metatarsal bones chiefly bear the reaction of the
leap, though the toes may have a share. In a digitigrade mammal, however, ..."
3. Works by Herbert Spencer (1896)
"In a plantigrade mammal the metatarsal bones chiefly bear the reaction of the
leap, though the toes may have a share. In a digiti- grade mammal, however, ..."
4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1864)
"It is often called sweet-' bread in the calf, but this term more properly belongs
to the thymus gland. PANDA, a carnivorous plantigrade mammal, ..."
5. The Horse and Its Relatives by Richard Lydekker (1912)
"... joint of the hock (tarsus), and are therefore on a part of the limb, although
on its inner side, which is included in the foot of a plantigrade mammal. ..."
6. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"2, 1849, the Austrian general Meyerhofer defeated the Hungarians under Gen. Kiss.
PANDA, a carnivorous plantigrade mammal, of the genus ..."
7. The Principles of Biology by Herbert Spencer (1898)
"But let us make a large admission, and suppose these muscles to vary together;
what further muscular change is next required 3 In a plantigrade mammal the ..."
8. The Contemporary Review (1893)
"In a plantigrade mammal the aes chiefly bear the reaction of the leap, though
the a share. In a digitigrade mammal, however, the toes exclusively the ..."
9. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"In a plantigrade mammal the metatarsal bones chiefly bear the reaction of the
leap, though the toes may have a share. In a digitigrade mammal, however, ..."
10. Works by Herbert Spencer (1896)
"In a plantigrade mammal the metatarsal bones chiefly bear the reaction of the
leap, though the toes may have a share. In a digiti- grade mammal, however, ..."
11. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1864)
"It is often called sweet-' bread in the calf, but this term more properly belongs
to the thymus gland. PANDA, a carnivorous plantigrade mammal, ..."
12. The Horse and Its Relatives by Richard Lydekker (1912)
"... joint of the hock (tarsus), and are therefore on a part of the limb, although
on its inner side, which is included in the foot of a plantigrade mammal. ..."
13. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"2, 1849, the Austrian general Meyerhofer defeated the Hungarians under Gen. Kiss.
PANDA, a carnivorous plantigrade mammal, of the genus ..."
14. The Principles of Biology by Herbert Spencer (1898)
"But let us make a large admission, and suppose these muscles to vary together;
what further muscular change is next required 3 In a plantigrade mammal the ..."
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