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DIGITIGRADE
digitigrade
(adjective) (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
digitigrade (not comparable)
(zoology) Of an animal: walking on the toes, putting the weight of the body mainly on the ball of the foot, with the back of the foot, or heel, raised.
(zoology) Of feet or a manner of walking: of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.
(zoology, specifically) Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora.
Noun
digitigrade (plural digitigrades)
(zoology, chiefly, in the plural) A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.
Coordinate terms
• plantigrade
• unguligrade
Source: Wiktionary
Dig"i*ti*grade, a. Etym: [L. digitus finger, toe + gradi to step, walk: cf. F. digitigrade.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade.
Dig"i*ti*grade, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.;
– distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the palm of the foot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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