| 单词 | plantigrade |
| 例句 | Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z In the plantigrades and the digitigrades half of the process still belongs to the ulna and the remainder to the radius. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z The badger is a plantigrade, that is, when travelling he puts down the whole of his foot, including the heel, flat on the ground. The Badger A Monograph 2011-07-25T02:00:12.053Z Now that his cub has returned he probably doesn't care for the other plantigrades of his kind. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z The short feet of the penguins are quite plantigrade, in adaptation to which habit the metatarsals lie in one plane and are incompletely co-ossified, thus presenting a pseudo-primitive condition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z It had something of the appearance of a badger—being low set on its legs, plantigrade in its hind-feet, and with a snout and tail very like those of that animal. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z They are therefore called plantigrade, from the analogy, in this case, of the palm of the hand to the plantar surface, or sole of the foot. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z Like them it possesses an omnivorous appetite, is plantigrade, and hibernates during cold weather. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. Feet bear-like, but soles more hairy, and perhaps less completely plantigrade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Carnivorous birds when confined are extremely sterile; whilst most carnivorous mammals, except plantigrades, are moderately fertile. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) In considering this question, the first fact to appear is that the apes and lemurs are plantigrade animals. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution The clavicle is rudimentary, but, as an example of the complete development of this bone in plantigrade quadrupeds, we may cite the marmoset. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z His capacity of raising himself erect gives him this advantage; and from his great plantigrade posterior paws, combined with his powerful muscular legs, he can pitch forward with a velocity surprising as it is unexpected. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt Feet broad, completely plantigrade; the five toes on each well developed, and armed with long compressed and moderately curved, non-retractile claws, the soles being generally naked. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Then mum it is, for I wouldn’t be so cruel to my poor plantigrades. Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills To the Professor she was Miss H. Sapiens—an agreeable, featherless plantigrade biped of the genus Homo. Bones in London A most comfortably clad set of plantigrade creatures, as fond, most of them, of fruits as they are of flesh. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. “There are some other plantigrade animals besides bears?” said Ivan, interrogatively; “our badger and glutton, for instance?” Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt The short tail, bulky build, completely plantigrade feet and clumsy gait are features eminently characteristic of the bears. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" His hind feet are plantigrade, that is, they rest upon the ground from heel to toe; and his back curves like the segment of a circle. Popular Adventure Tales The next thing to observe is, that the disposition of bones in the case of the bear is such that the animal walks in the way that has been called plantigrade. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions It is plantigrade —that is, it stands lower on the hind-legs than in front. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America They are not bears in any sense of the word: having scarce any other resemblance to the noble Bruin than their plantigrade feet. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt I now remembered that the porcupine was one of the plantigrade family, with five toes on his hind feet, and only four on the fore ones. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness Its legs are short in proportion, and as it is plantigrade in the hind-feet, it stands and runs low, and cat-like. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Therefore I need not say anything more about the plantigrade division. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions Was the enormous plantigrade hit by the bullet? Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery His hind-feet are plantigrade, that is, they rest upon the ground from heel to toe; and his back curves like the segment of a circle. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North He is a plantigrade, walking like a man upon the soles of his feet. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear He runs awkwardly on his plantigrade feet; but, although from his great length and size he appears to move but slowly, it is not so. The Boy Hunters This, of course, would give a weak foot, suited to slow progression over marshy ground—which, as we have seen, was no doubt the origin of the mammalian plantigrade foot. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions They are plantigrade, and are without a cæcum or blind gut; the skull, however it may approach to a viverrine or feline shape, has still marked arctoid characteristics. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon The plantigrade Cercoleptes has a long tail, and is entirely arboreal. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America All through the Himalayas, this restless plantigrade has wandered, and even far down upon the low-lying plains of India and China; but all the way he shuffles and shambles and is the same droll fellow. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear The stout body, absence of a tail, the plantigrade hind feet, and stout claws, all seem to proclaim it a bear of one of the two species above mentioned. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices The plantigrade pentadactyl foot of the primitive Ungulate—and even the perissodactyl foot that succeeded it—both belong to the past humid period of the world’s history. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions It was formerly classed with the racoons, which it superficially resembles; and, as Jerdon remarks, it may be considered as a sort of link between the plantigrade and digitigrade carnivora. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon His step was plantigrade, which made his walk slow and peculiar, adding to the staid appearance of his figure. Charles Lamb The soft impeachment proceeded—'Well, where do yer belong? do yer belong in with the bear?' for there was a plantigrade there too. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy What shouts arose when plantigrades or felines capered along the line with intentions that certainly seemed suspicious! The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Fortunately for Spilett, the animal in question did not belong to that redoubtable family of plantigrades. The Mysterious Island Bears, furthermore, have five digits on each foot and are plantigrade, while dogs have but four toes behind and are digitigrade. American Big Game in Its Haunts Even the ants have wings, and drop them in our soup as they resume their plantigrade existence once again. Sketches of the East Africa Campaign The well-known plantigrade tread of bears is a primitive characteristic which has survived from their creodont ancestry. The Elements of Geology As for Cassandra, who was expected to improvise her own prophecies, she appeared to be as incapable of taking flying leaps into futurity as of executing more than a severely plantigrade walk across the stage. The Chronicles of Clovis You persistent old plantigrade!" he said in a low voice, audible only to the person addressed, and a face full of affected anxiety, "why don't you go to bed? Tales of the Argonauts Carnivorous birds when confined are extremely sterile, whilst most carnivorous mammals, except plantigrades, are moderately fertile. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 Her unstable bust was stayed and upheld by French corsets; her plantigrade shuffle was limited by heeled boots. Mrs. Skagg's Husbands and Other Stories From these primitive flesh eaters, with small and simple brains, numerous small teeth, and plantigrade tread, the different families of the carnivores of the present have slowly evolved. The Elements of Geology The 'bare-grinning skeleton of death' was to me merely a prepared specimen of that featherless plantigrade vertebrate, 'homo sapiens'. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments Very few animals do this, and those that do are said to be plantigrade. The Burgess Animal Book for Children It is the Cercoleptes caudivolvus of zoologists, and has been considered by some authors as an intermediate form between the Lemur family of apes and the plantigrade Carnivora, or Bear family. The Naturalist on the River Amazons No. Is he a plantigrade circumflex vertebrate bacterium? A Horse's Tale Animals that put the whole foot down are called plantigrade. The Burgess Animal Book for Children “It is a plantigrade circumflex vertebrate bacterium that hasn’t any wings and is uncertain.” A Horse's Tale |
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