digitigrade
/ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡɹeɪd//-ɾə/
noun
- 1
(chiefly in the plural) A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.
adjective
- 1
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.
- 2
Of feet or a manner of walking: of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.
- 3
(specifically) Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora.
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