palmigrade

From Latin palma (“palm of the hand”) +‎ -grade (“means of walking”).

palmigrade (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Putting the whole foot on the ground when walking, like some mammals do.

   palmigrade posture

   palmigrade stance

   palmigrade walking

• digitigrade

• “palmigrade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.