dig·i·ti·grade (d j -t-gr d )adj. Relating to an animal, such as a horse, cat, or dog, whose weight is borne on the toes. [French : Latin digitus, toe; see digit + Latin gradus, step; see grade.] |
digitigrade [ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌgreɪd]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of dogs, cats, horses, etc.) walking so that only the toes touch the ground
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a digitigrade animal
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| Noun | 1. | digitigrade - an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials |
| Adj. | 1. | digitigrade - (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do) mammal, mammalian - any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk plantigrade - (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do) |
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