Associations to the word «Digitigrade»
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Wiktionary
DIGITIGRADE, adjective. (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.
DIGITIGRADE, adjective. (zoology) (specifically) Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora.
DIGITIGRADE, adjective. (of feet or a manner of walking) Of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.
DIGITIGRADE, noun. (chiefly in the plural) A digitigrade animal, such as a dog or a cat; an animal that walks on its toes.
Dictionary definition
DIGITIGRADE, noun. An animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses.
DIGITIGRADE, adjective. (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do).
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