Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun plantigrade

1 sense of plantigrade

Sense 1
plantigrade mammal, plantigrade -- (an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings)
       => placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal -- (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)

Antonyms of adj plantigrade

1 sense of plantigrade

Sense 1
plantigrade (vs. digitigrade) -- ((of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do))

digitigrade (vs. plantigrade) -- ((of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do))

Similarity of adj plantigrade

1 sense of plantigrade

Sense 1
plantigrade (vs. digitigrade) -- ((of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do))