digitigrade
A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dogA digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.
Meaning
1 senses(in the plural)A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.
Zehengänger
an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
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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