'Digitigrade' definitions:

Definition of 'digitigrade'

(from WordNet)
adjective
(of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do) [ant: plantigrade]
noun
An animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses [syn: digitigrade mammal, digitigrade] [ant: plantigrade, plantigrade mammal]

Definition of 'Digitigrade'

From: GCIDE
  • Digitigrade \Dig"i*ti*grade\, a. [L. digitus finger, toe + gradi to step, walk: cf. F. digitigrade.] (Zool.) Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Digitigrade'

From: GCIDE
  • Digitigrade \Dig"i*ti*grade\, n. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]

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