DIGITIGRADE

Digitigrade

A digitigrade is an animal that stands or walks on its digits, or toes. Digitigrades include walking birds, cats, dogs, and many other mammals, but not plantigrades or unguligrades. Digitigrades generally move more quickly and quietly than other animals.

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digitigrade

Noun

  1. A digitigrade animal, such as a dog or a cat; an animal that walks on its toes.

Adjective

  1. 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. Belonging to the '''' of the taxonomic order Carnivora.
  3. Of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.


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