plantigrade

a. 踯行的, 踯行类的 n. 踯行动物

发音

UK /ˈplæntɪɡɹeɪd/
其它
US /ˈplæntəˌɡɹeɪd/
US /ˈpleə̯ɾ̃əˌɡɹeɪ̯d/

词形变化

plantigrades 复数 plantigrades

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A plantigrade animal; an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.

    生物 动物学
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of an animal: walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground.

    生物 动物学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

eutherian placental
形容词

反义词 1

digitigrade

词源

From French plantigrade, from Latin planta (“sole of the foot”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”)) + -grade, from Latin gradus (“pace, step”).

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