plantigradism

English

Etymology

plantigrade +‎ -ism

Noun

plantigradism (uncountable)

  1. Plantigrade locomotion.
    • 1898, Henry Fairfield Osborn, A Complete Skeleton of Coryphodon Radians:
      Contrary evidence that Coryphodon, so far from being unguligrade, was transitional between complete plantigradism and digitigradism, is given below.
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