digitigrade
Of an animal: walking on the toes, putting the weight of the body mainly on the ball…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.
Meaning
3 senses(not comparable)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.
(of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do)
(not comparable)Of feet or a manner of walking: of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.
(not comparable, obsolete, specifically)Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora.
Translations
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From French digitigrade, from Latin digitus (“finger, toe, digit”) + -grade (“gait”); compFrom French digitigrade, from Latin digitus (“finger, toe, digit”) + -grade (“gait”); compare New Latin digitigradus.
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