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Digitigrade
Meaning
Adj
●
In Zoology:
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.
●
In Zoology:
Of
feet
or a
manner
of
walking
: of,
resembling
, or
pertaining
to that of a
digitigrade
animal.
●
In Zoology:
Belonging to the Digitigrada of the
taxonomic
order Carnivora.
Noun
●
In Zoology:
A
digitigrade
animal
; an
animal
that
walks
on its
toes
, such as a
cat
or a dog.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
digitigrade
English
digitigrade
French
Sourced from
Etym
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