plantigrade.

Walking or standing with the heel and sole contacting the ground rather than only the digits.

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Words that belong together

• a plantigrade stance
• plantigrade feet

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The prosthetic feet preserved a plantigrade stance during the test.

The biologist contrasted the creature’s plantigrade feet with the toe-supported prints nearby.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Relational stance adjective; ordinary comparative and superlative usually not applicable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.